Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [coord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sea was dead calm and the coral a glistening treasure trove of vivid gems . |
| 2 | In some ways he was rather young and a bit hasty . |
| 3 | To be sure , I was rather bemused but the honesty of both men was apparent . |
| 4 | At that time , Spain was predominantly agricultural and the interruption of normal activity during the war had resulted in serious shortages of foodstuffs . |
| 5 | This material was most durable and the powdered marble imparted a brilliance to the finished surface . |
| 6 | The Moscow agreement was effectively dead and the most sensible move would be for the UN to sponsor simultaneous withdrawal of American and Russian forces to be followed by the establishment of a unified Korean government — ‘ It might not be a very democratic or very efficient Government , but almost anything would be better than the present absurd and dangerous division . ’ |
| 7 | It was downright sinister and the fact that Glyn had picked up on her uneasy feelings left her more uneasy still . |
| 8 | The room was poorly furnished but it was spotlessly clean and a cheerful fire blazed in the blackened hearth . |
| 9 | The Gasthof Löwen was spotlessly clean and the Gute Frau obviously intended , by her acerbic tone and more acerbic expression , that it would be kept that way . |
| 10 | The service was interminably long and the congregation had to stand throughout . |
| 11 | Instead of seeking to contain royal power they were preoccupied with gaining the favour of the Grand Prince , or control of the government when the monarch was personally weak or a minor . |
| 12 | He was exceedingly malicious and the gods had to restrain him with a magic chain , named Gleipnir , forged from : |
| 13 | This decision was somewhat controversial and a gloss was placed on it in Boyle v Kodak [ 1969 ] 1 WLR 661 . |
| 14 | The success was so great or the rivalry of the wealthy families so keen that during the next four years three more opera-houses were opened : the Teatro dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo , the San Moisè , and the Teatro Novissimo . |
| 15 | The simile was so striking and no doubt so apt , and one that was so delightfully Eliotish , that I could not take offence , though a critical word from that quarter could deal a heavy blow to one 's morale . |
| 16 | and it was and you could n't get near it because the heat of the fire was so strong and the smell of the of the smoke was overpow you literally could n't get near it and everyone had to come away . |
| 17 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 18 | By the third morning , however , I was so weak and the pain so unbearable that they had little difficulty in taking me up to the theatre and performing the necessary operation . |
| 19 | The noise was so loud and the light so bright that he sat still as a stone . |
| 20 | The sky was so clear and the stars so visible that the earth could almost be seen turning . |
| 21 | The timing of the RPF 's creation was so unpropitious and the concept of a Gaullist " party " so problematic even to de Gaulle that one must assume that he felt that he had no real choice . |
| 22 | Dorothea shook her head , angry with herself , for everyone expected her , rushed to help her , everyone , truly , was so kind and the Rector relied upon her industry . |
| 23 | It was maybe because in their early days The Smiths were so simple sound-wise , the guitar was so thin and the sound was fairly quiet and you could hear these intricate little lines which were really pretty to the ear . |
| 24 | She did n't much rate her chances of getting hold of the key to Charlie 's desk , but the desk itself was so old and the drawer appeared to be so ill-fitting that a touch of leverage might just spring it open . |
| 25 | ‘ I was keen to play a policewoman in Home and Away because it was so different and a very strong physical role — I even got the chance to throw people around a bit which was really good fun ! ’ she says . |
| 26 | People were so kind and friendly , the atmosphere was so different and the weather , well , that was unreal . |
| 27 | there could occur a case where the issue raised was so sensitive and the revelations necessarily following its decision so damaging to national security that the court might have to take special measures ( for example sitting in camera or prohibiting the mention of names ) . |
| 28 | but there used to be a caravan down here , I 'm not joking the value of stuff that was in it , was unbelievable and it was so clean and every thing had a place and it was all mirrored inside , cos he liked the mirrors and , or glass work , oh it was beautiful |
| 29 | His count , apparently , was sufficiently high but the motility in this , and subsequent samples , was disappointingly low . |
| 30 | Bienvida pressed the light switch but the bulb was long used-up and no one had replaced it . |