Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] and well [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted things that were solid and well made , and of course safe ; that was more important to me than appearance . |
| 2 | Passage controls were few and well spaced out , so most crews reached Dover with a fairly uneventful run . |
| 3 | In most cases these wives were literate and well informed , but they would smile politely and agree with their husbands . |
| 4 | If our society were pure and well regulated , yes , they would be seducers ; but now , in my opinion , one may often consider them sisters of charity . ’ |
| 5 | The grounds were beautiful and well kept . |
| 6 | The half-dozen or so houses were neat and well cared for , yet there was no sign of life at all , not even the yapping of a dog or the cluck of a hen , just the wind stirring the flowers at the road end . |
| 7 | They were silky and well cut and they would be the perfect start from which to build her new image . |
| 8 | Yet the houses themselves were trim and well maintained , with bright varnish , window-boxes , polished doorknockers and newly-painted railings . |
| 9 | From the beginning of 1946 Soviet troops were efficient and well disciplined ; they were not liked but were respected . |
| 10 | All the fittings were shabby and well used , probably obtained through the ‘ small ads ’ column in the local paper . |
| 11 | The Americans , in particular , were self-confident and well educated , and their solidarity was in stark contrast with the disunity of the United Kingdom representatives , who were attending as individuals and had no national body to back them up or to formulate a national policy . |
| 12 | If news came that gold had been found in Australia or jobs were plentiful and well paid in the United States , migration increased . |
| 13 | The shikar lobby was strong and well organized and naturally argued that the tiger population was holding its own . |
| 14 | As a trainer , I have found that the brightest learners ( and the best , funniest and most communicative partners ) were not domestic horses , whose natural ability has been stunted , but wild ones in which the capacity for learning and communicating was rich and well developed . |
| 15 | This exhibition was solid and well produced , the images drifting through concocted tales of the artist 's imaginings . |
| 16 | He would be in his early fifties , was tall and well built with a craggy face . |
| 17 | I tested the springs as best I could , but I weighed under seven stone and Otto was tall and well built . |
| 18 | For one thing , she had never worn a strapless dress before , and although the bodice was tight-fitting and well supported she could n't rid herself of the fear that the dress would go slithering to the floor at some critical moment , leaving her almost naked , like in a bad dream . |
| 19 | It was easy to see that he was clever and well read , but he was also boring . |
| 20 | Benn 's strategy was simple and well timed . |
| 21 | He has light brown hair and was tidy and well spoken in a dark anorak and jeans |
| 22 | Dinah noticed that the garden was tidy and well weeded , and reserved her opinion of the scholarly pair until she should have seen their methods for herself . |
| 23 | Here as in the rest of the house , the furniture was good and well cared for . |
| 24 | The yacht was stiff and well balanced as the breeze freshened . |
| 25 | Her hair was grey and well cared for and her apron was invariably spotless . |
| 26 | He was happy and well looked after in this home . |
| 27 | Sculpture , being Fine Art , he did not tackle till he was 27 and well established and then seemingly by way of therapeutic sublimation during a period of enforced sexual abstinence whilst his wife was pregnant . |
| 28 | The shelter was clean and well built . |
| 29 | If I may say so very well councillor and you were specific and indeed backed up the particular figures , even though of course one is entitled to the that I thought it was fair and well argued . |
| 30 | Then the man in Riga asked if it was cold in Leningrad , and we said yes it was , and the man in Riga said you had to expect it now , and that the Riga Hotel was modern and well heated as long as it was n't damp . |