Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voice was low and hollow . |
| 2 | Morale was low and desertion high . |
| 3 | The sun was low and night comes with near-tropical speed in Greece . |
| 4 | By 1971 morale was low and discipline was fragile , there was pressure to get the troops out . |
| 5 | The wind was strong and darkness coming nearer by the second . |
| 6 | His profile was strong and patrician , his nose straight , the bronzed skin clear and healthy , the neat scroll-work of his ears set close to his well-shaped head . |
| 7 | And he added it was absurd that Army units which uncovered intelligence about intended attacks on UDR men , as at Drumnakilly outside Omagh , should end up in court . |
| 8 | Most of the undercity was clammy and chill , though not in the vicinity of the thermal spike . |
| 9 | Social work departments were facing even greater demands , unemployment was rising , the economy was weak and poverty and homelessness were on the increase . |
| 10 | His voice was pleasant and well-modulated , with only the faintest of Nottingham accents . |
| 11 | His tongue had not been cut out — it loomed thick and purple behind those savage teeth and the thick whiskers of severed whip — however his throat was dry as dust . |
| 12 | The soil was dry and firm underfoot . |
| 13 | Her mouth was dry and hollow , a socket , no longer a well , as if she had no tongue to kiss with . |
| 14 | His voice was dry and calm . |
| 15 | The floor of the North Sea was dry and peat was forming on it , as the Post-glacial rise in sea level had flooded neither the floor of the North Sea nor the Fens . |
| 16 | Culley 's throat was dry and itchy by the time Ira Sanchez arrived . |
| 17 | It was dry and limp . |
| 18 | It was dry and light to the touch . |
| 19 | The door was solid as rock . |
| 20 | Money was scarce and unemployment was high . |
| 21 | This excited them — maybe the idea was right after all-and also made them nervous , both for their awn safety and for what might happen if the news leaked out . |
| 22 | ‘ One minute she was right as rain . |
| 23 | Bullying and overpowering , he believed that might was right and woe betide anyone who stood in his way . |
| 24 | The unemployed Turkish waiter stood in the doorway and peered at him ; he was muscular and squat , and he was wearing only pyjama trousers that were creased and stained . |
| 25 | I grew up in Lewisham , South East London , and it was awful because Dad was a bricklayer , and if the weather was bad , he did n't work . |
| 26 | It was understandable that branch members should be reluctant to risk a fall in recruitment through another increase in fees : yet the rises of 1956 had had no discernible effect . |
| 27 | Cynicism glittered in the brightness of his light blue eyes as relief restored the colour to her cheeks , but her reprieve was short-lived as cynicism gave way to shrewdness . |
| 28 | Lucy was shy as hell , and Jay was sure and easy . |
| 29 | Underneath all the leatherado , she was shy as hell and pleased as Punch with Dionne . |
| 30 | He was tall and fat , and without much hair . |