Example sentences of "it was a [noun] and [noun] " in BNC.

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1	In 1656 the inhabitants of West Ardsley petitioned the justices of the West Riding , requesting the fair to be abolished as it was a nuisance and Wakefield Market now met their needs .
2	It was a hit and run accident .
3	She told him that it was a life and death matter and could she speak to him ?
4	He was so handsome , so present — it was a warmth and vitality that only his immense rage had masked , making her lash out in self-defence , but now that it was turned to a kind of gentle humour , and — she had to admit it — a single-minded interest in her she found him dangerously attractive .
5	Waimea was an arena of combat to some , but to Eddie it was a temple and playground .
6	but it was a kitchen and bedroom and living room .
7	It was a rebuke and John knew it .
8	Another view would be that it was a hail and farewell community , and while it was together it was open all hours .
9	But Roxburghshire and Berwickshire came out of it and it was a Peebleshire and Selkirkshire home .
10	It was a place and time of deliberate choosing and he chose also to be incarnate as a man .
11	Duroc had assumed it was a father and son shot .
12	And there was a , a book , I always regret not pho photostatting it , where one of the people who write on health er made the point that you start with the full page in the book , and the outer band of it were all pictures of the world , and then it was erm a particular sort of location in a town , and then it was a house and garden and then it was a room in a house .
13	It was a Thursday and Collins had to sign by five o'clock to be eligible to play on Saturday .
14	But it was a lottery and lotteries were undesirable .
15	yeah well you know it 's okay well you know I well you know yeah it 's just that it worried me about this meeting here and three people out of the five people in the room did n't realise that it was a reservations and booking service .

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