Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] was [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , under that air of sheer studied elegance , Mr Fair and Dark was all muscle . |
| 2 | Two double beds and the sliding doors and verandah was this way of course . |
| 3 | So bitter and rank was this meal that the mares lost their taste for eating humans . |
| 4 | And school was another thing I 'd had enough of . |
| 5 | Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting . |
| 6 | But abuse was another matter and he was extremely nervous about the treatment he was then receiving in America over the award of the Bollingen Prize to Ezra Pound . |