Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I put you to bed you were high as a kite . ’ |
| 2 | If it were clear when a party has formed an intention to incur legal obligation , if a person did commonly define the obligation he desired to assume in terms which left little doubt as to its nature , it would be unnecessary , and indeed merely foolish , to require an additional test of that intention . |
| 3 | They had set a target of £5,000 , the same amount that was raised in Manchester and Salford in 1981 , and were delighted when a record of £6,141 was collected . |
| 4 | For example , Pamela was surprised that her parents were concerned when a boy she had just met at a discotheque brought her home in the early hours of the morning . |
| 5 | Neighbours were concerned because a daughter with a psychiatric history , marital difficulties and debts , had moved in with the old couple . |
| 6 | His ears were sharp as a jackal 's and he could spot the tracks of a hippo from an extraordinary distance . |
| 7 | A TEAM of young archaeologists were disappointed when a dig in Darlington revealed nothing more than a Victorian cellar . |
| 8 | The glamour of Monte Carlo was renowned so they were overjoyed when a troupe was summoned from England to appear in a special show for Prince Rainier 's father at the Opera House . |
| 9 | At Aldridges of Bath recently , for example , auctioneers and saleroom alike were astonished when a Pountney and Allies meat plate , showing a view of Hotwells with the Irish packet St Patrick sailing up the river , sold for £1,600 . |
| 10 | They almost forgot the paper-chase , and were surprised when a voice said , ‘ Let me pass , please . ’ |
| 11 | Its organization was similar in that it was controlled by persons of relatively high social status , that ransoming was a major source of profit , and that the transporting of animals over long distances was usual when a payment was not forthcoming . |
| 12 | Beeney was solid as a rock , dealt with the back pass superbly , and only kicked ONE out of play the whole match . |
| 13 | Times were not so hard for businesses then and I was grateful when a year of events raised £107,000 . |
| 14 | The man 's heart , even in captivity , was light as a bird . |
| 15 | That he was high as a kite on Ecstasy and had thought they were larking about ! |
| 16 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 17 | That was clear as a succession of batsmen joined Gooch in the ignominy of having their stumps knocked over . |
| 18 | Abolition of the Southern League also robbed players of a useful safety valve , for no transfer fee was payable when a player moved into it from the League . |
| 19 | But the existence of her precious archive was unsuspected until a suitcase containing about 450 glass negatives was discovered during a house-clearance at Ripon in 1988 . |
| 20 | As I placed them in the water , the bone-china cups and saucers became first glass then nothing ; the water was cold as a glacier . |
| 21 | Travel in the UK was unlimited though a case had to be made for every European exhibition other than the Venice Biennale and the Kassel Documenta , and most trips to the United States had to be funded privately or tied in with a conference or some other event that would cover the cost of the trip . |
| 22 | They ended up laughing about that , but it was the uneasy laughter of desperation and displacement , and all they could do after that was finish the whisky and have the joint Rory had been working on , and it was almost a relief when Fergus was sick as a dog out of the window , hanging out barfing onto the slates and into the guttering while Rory tried to clean the plaster off the top bunk and stowed the guns out of harm 's way . |
| 23 | Yer was pretty as a picture an' I said ter meself straight away , ‘ Fred ’ , I ses , ‘ this 'ere little lady is gon na be good fer yer business . ’ |
| 24 | It was unfortunate when a zoo lost an eagle , so why did he feel so pleased about it ? |
| 25 | What he said was informative if a touch inconsequential ; you did n't remember too much of it but the effect was cumulative . |
| 26 | We describe a female patient who developed both these conditions , the treatment of which was unsatisfactory until a thymectomy was performed . |
| 27 | The shaikh was concerned because a man 's arm had been broken ; but the cause of the dispute was the use of government resources to damage the interests of rival lineages . |
| 28 | ‘ I was puzzled when a paper recently called me a ‘ bread head ’ . |
| 29 | Her smile seemed to me to be defiant and triumphant and accepting all at once , which was ridiculous since a smile is only a smile : sometimes honest , sometimes forced no more . |
| 30 | Astronomers know that the early universe was uniform because a remnant of that period , the cosmic microwave background radiation which bathes the Earth from all directions , is remarkably uniform . |