Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] tall [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was tall and generously built and fair , with a high colour and a red mouth and white teeth . |
| 2 | She was tall and generously made , and her clothes were self-effacing — this morning a faintly nautical look , a square-necked navy cotton sweater and a white skirt . |
| 3 | She was tall and beautifully groomed with iron-grey hair , a smooth , high-cheekboned face and a most intimidating manner . |
| 4 | He was tall and stoutly built … his height just seven times the length of his own foot . |
| 5 | He was tall and stolidly built , giving an impression of shambling clumsiness until one saw him working in a confined space when he would seem physically to contract and become compact , even graceful , moving about the body with the lightness and precision of a cat . |