Example sentences of "[was/were] black [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Described by her adoring husband early in their marriage ) ‘ Her eyes seemed bigger to him , especially when she was just waking up and fluttered her lids several times in succession ; they were black when she was in shadow and dark blue in full daylight ; and they seemed to contain layer upon layer of colours , which were thicker in hue deep down , and became lighter towards the enamel-like surface . ’ |
| 2 | The woman 's eyes over her veil were black as gun-tubes . |
| 3 | He lay still with his eyes open , staring into the darkness that was only half-darkness because this was London and not Suffolk , where on moonless nights the small hours were black as velvet . |
| 4 | These black clouds were formed of insects called cockchafers , or " flying bugs " , as the English called them ; they were black as pitch and quite harmless , but with a sickening odour which they lent to anything they touched . |
| 5 | Her eyes were black as voids , heightened by the black eyeshadow and mascara with which she had augmented them . |
| 6 | The tomatoes were black as though they 'd forgot they were frying them , they looked like they 'd stuck them on a grill and just left them there |
| 7 | and I had black all over my back , it was really horrible , and all my hands were black as well , and the |
| 8 | Goes : see if it was black If it was black |
| 9 | You knew who was Black if they were a colleague , and who was gay if they had come out at work . |
| 10 | Unlike the kings of Israel who had aspired to the title of ‘ Son of Yahweh , Jesus displayed utter trust in his heavenly Father though the outlook was black as night ; utter obedience to his Father , even though it would take him to a cross ; and utter readiness to suffer — in bloody sweat there and then , and the blood , sweat and hell of crucifixion thereafter . |
| 11 | He was black as thunder when she said your mum was a pro . |
| 12 | Was black as nightfall . |
| 13 | Her hair was black as jet , falling beyond her shoulders , straight and heavy , blue lights glittering along its length . |
| 14 | And that was n't all , she was black as well . |
| 15 | ‘ Was blacker than the sable Moor : |
| 16 | It was a false dawn , replaced soon after by a now starless night that was blacker than the previous hours . |
| 17 | George pulled her towards a large hole that was blacker than the night around it . |
| 18 | It was blacker than a coal heaver 's codpiece in a Blitz blackout . |