Example sentences of "was [adj] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Margaret , you see , cos Gerry used to behave as if , his was sub-standard and a professional |
| 2 | After Hitler 's invasion of Russia , however , which also meant a slackening of air attacks upon Britain , the decline in individual party membership was stemmed and a gradual revival took place . |
| 3 | The experiment was short-lived and a failure ; but it suggested that the young king might not be able to reckon as a matter of course on wielding all the powers of his great predecessor . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) The system was specific and a lot of re-programming would be required to make it work elsewhere . |
| 5 | Having looked at my passport , the Gendarme made a telephone call during which he turned to look at me , spelling out my name and saying that I was English and a former paratrooper . |
| 6 | Apart from dog sitting , she was free and a year later the two are still together ! |
| 7 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . |
| 9 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . |
| 10 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . |
| 11 | No more snow had fallen , the sky was still overcast but the air was crisp and a little warmer . |
| 12 | ‘ I found that delivering babies was exciting and a bit scary , but I noticed that the environment was not comfortable for women . |
| 13 | She was German and a right pain . |
| 14 | This was interesting and a new idea , and Grainne would have liked to know more . |
| 15 | The sky was clear and a full moon shone , lighting the landscape . |
| 16 | She was old and a snob . |
| 17 | On her way to her desk she tried to collect a beaker of iced water but the machine was empty and a knot of querulous men were standing around it demanding something be done . |
| 18 | He would have turned down millions if the woman had been ugly or ill-bred or disagreeable He liked Anna ; he thought she was charming and a credit to himself , and he meant to look after her . |
| 19 | Cottle was interested and a few weeks later was invited to London where he was offered a job in the Foreign office , doing something , somewhere . |
| 20 | He was a proper fop : his roses and cream complexion was clean-shaven and a silver pearl dangled from a small gold chain in his right ear lobe . |
| 21 | The equipment in those days was primitive and a visit to any dental practitioner was an ordeal . |
| 22 | By three both felt certain something was wrong and a nervous debate began about what they should do . |
| 23 | Mr Donovan , 23 , Australian star of the West End hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , brought the action after the magazine published a doctored photograph and article which , he claimed , implied that he was homosexual and a liar and hypocrite for denying it . |
| 24 | The inn was crowded and a sudden hush fell on the customers as the landlord said loudly , ‘ Gipsies are n't served at my inn . ’ |
| 25 | It was unsuccessful and a disaffected Scottish gentleman , Sir John Barclay , had to make his escape to the continent . |
| 26 | He had switched-off the assembly track one Friday afternoon , half an hour before finishing time , ostensibly on the grounds that the overhead conveyor was unsafe and a danger to line operators working below . |
| 27 | That was in the time when Dr Marks was principal and a young master named George Scott was on the staff , two of the best remembered Britishers who ever lived in Burma . |
| 28 | ‘ It was sad and a joke and it just backfired , ’ she said . |
| 29 | The night was dark and a fog was coming in from the river , but she hesitated . |
| 30 | ‘ It was non-stop and a terrible , terrible strain for him . |