Example sentences of "be [adj] and [pron] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If either one of us wanted to sleep with other people then that should be OK and it was a question of something we could work out and that would not necessarily break the relationship even if in fact it actually did . |
| 2 | Well years ago I I was at a party which was er , for a woman about to be married and there was a male stripper there . |
| 3 | In December 1989 , we received word from the European Commission that our application had been successful and we were the first tenants group to be awarded £400,000 provided we secured the moral and financial support from our landlord — Glasgow District Council . |
| 4 | Wings Pieter Hendriks and James Small were devastating and there was an air of control throughout . |
| 5 | We were abysmal and it was a real kick in the teeth . |
| 6 | This investigation indicated that , although the potential existed for use of such systems by the departments , at that time the costs were high and there was a general lack of standards and a limited amount of expertise available , and it was felt to be unwise to consider any major capital investment . |
| 7 | Tempers were high and there was a murderous quality in the mood of some sections of the crowd , inflamed by the amplified speeches . |
| 8 | And then there was a study into and area of Belfast where most of the men were unemployed and it was the women who were going out to work in the factory and it was found to be the other way round , and the women spoke more of a non-standard than the men did when the men were staying at home . |
| 9 | Domestic customers were not affected because their installations were simple and there was no question mark over meter accuracy . |
| 10 | From the age of , say , 11 , I began to see that I 'm black and others were white and there was no use putting it behind me . |
| 11 | Her hands were cold and there was a dryness at the back of her throat . |
| 12 | His shoulders were tense and there was an air of waiting about him that troubled her . |
| 13 | He was told times were hard and there was no chance . |
| 14 | Erm you yeah you did actually you were good and it was a nice pace you know it was a relaxed , you know |
| 15 | Her arm was draped elegantly across his shoulders , and she was looking at him with eyes like headlights , as though she were starving and he were a cream cake . |
| 16 | The numbers of children diagnosed and born each year fluctuated , but the numbers were small and there was no noticeable trend with time . |
| 17 | The baker and the newsagent were open and there was a light on in the Carabinieri station that stood between them . |
| 18 | When ships were slow and there were no dockyards on the other side of the world , the fouling of ships ' bottoms by weed and the attack on timber by boring animals was a serious matter . |
| 19 | Dana had been badly shaken ; her clothes were dusty and there was a tear in the red shorts she was wearing . |
| 20 | I mean we did a lot of things that other people probably did n't do , I always remember next door to us at one time the curate of the St Mary 's church , er , who is er , he is now Bishop of mm , gosh , he 's a up in Nottingham way , Bishop of something or other , we met him at a , at a do not so very long ago and he 's just the same , he 's marvellous and he was the curate and they were as poor as church mice and er in relation to them we were really well off you know , and er they had hardly any fires or anything and we gave them an electric fire to heat their place up and er when we met him , it was last February at a , a do of one of the research engineers from where I was work working the last job I had and er , he said I 've still got the electric fire |
| 21 | He was a s she was the one that 's alright and he was the stupid one . |
| 22 | The ceiling was low and there was a thick , suffocating feel to the air and a stale , old stench . |
| 23 | Two days after the operation the dressing was removed and the wound inspected ; the suture line was intact and there was no excess redness or swelling . |
| 24 | Later , Crawford generously conceded to Sherrin that the decision was right and it was a lesson in not using substandard material . |
| 25 | They said Mr Wicks 's decision was based on the flawed findings that the delay was justifiable and there was no prejudice . |
| 26 | He was white he was slim and he was a tall man . |
| 27 | It felt that this was wrong and there was a danger in an over-reliance on voluntary effort . |
| 28 | The air was delicate and there was a complete , absolute silence . |
| 29 | In both instances there was no fire , damage was minimal and there were no injuries . |
| 30 | His client was not a bad man but he was simple and it was a sad reflection on society that because of his affliction he was picked on . |