Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely the reason for the rebuke , why he said that they were timid and they 'd no faith was because they had lost sight of the fact , or the , the importance of the fact that he was there with them . |
| 2 | By the time England won another Test they had played a further thirty , plus two that were rain-restricted and one washed out altogether . |
| 3 | Asik was hungary and tired , his knees were sore and he wanted to go to sleep but he got up slowly and started down the road . |
| 4 | M J B three six seven X , you were right and I convinced you you were wrong . |
| 5 | " You were upset and it seemed simpler to see you both together , but I will now give you information about all the bequests and tell you what I have arranged about probate and death duties . " |
| 6 | He had not for one minute , he said , imagined this could happen and they had even planned to move to Mexico where he was in the process of renovating a house for them ; the bedrooms were complete and he had made a nursery for Michelle 's daughter , China , never to be occupied . |
| 7 | Three signers were presented as illustrations : a deaf man ( signer 1 ) , a hearing man with eight years ' experience ( signer 2 ) and a hearing man whose parents were deaf and who learned BSL as a first language ( signer 3 ) . |
| 8 | However , a few newspapers were interested and I found myself giving about a dozen interviews . |
| 9 | The stems were wet and she felt the dampness seeping through her woollen gloves . |
| 10 | Prior to 1979 , most local authorities were Conservative-controlled and they considered themselves to be local authorities , not Governments . |
| 11 | When he did finally get to his feet his legs were unsteady and he had to stick close to the tables for support on his way to the door . |
| 12 | High dose corticosteroids were unhelpful and he underwent ileal resection with a 12 month remission . |
| 13 | But at least my goals were clear and I knew what I wanted . |
| 14 | The dormitories were empty and nothing stirred in the main corridor . |
| 15 | Their glasses were empty and he took them to the bar for a refill . |
| 16 | Her fears were groundless and she slid the door back . |
| 17 | Trainee chef Tom Wilkinson , 20 , said : ‘ The action sequences were entertaining and I rated the whole thing as pretty good . ’ |
| 18 | He took her hand and Robyn felt the strength of him , the warmth seeping through , and then his eyes were grave and he began . |
| 19 | His fingers were numb and he had trouble fastening the buttons . |
| 20 | And they were tiny and we tied them in wee bunches and it was Miss who was the teacher then and she made a cross and put |
| 21 | The results were favourable and there began a series of trials which ‘ convinced him that he had made some valuable discoveries ’ . |
| 22 | These were lozenge-shaped and I remembered them particularly because they were decorated with golden love knots . |
| 23 | Knee and hip joints were creaking and it seemed that the prophecy made by doctors forty years before , that one day my legs and hips — the war left me with a short , stiff left leg — would really begin to seize up , was about to come true . |
| 24 | The sobs were uncontrollable and she gave a long piteous cry . |
| 25 | because , you come back here and all the Scottish women were vast and they lost their figure 's and it was just sort of almost taken for granted that you have a baby and you loose your figure , but you do n't mind because you 've got the children . |
| 26 | The windows were dark and she got no answer to her repeated knocking on the front door . |
| 27 | The back kitchen was a lean-to , had no ceiling so the slates of the sloping roof were visible and I remember some of the roof timbers were country-cut , still displaying the odd sign of bark . |
| 28 | The Soviets were cautious and they preferred subversion to overt conflict . |
| 29 | The British public were cautious and it took the Second World War to inspire a new , and more forward-looking , attitude to the problem of dealing with the economy and unemployment . |
| 30 | We done it for a laugh and because we were bored and it got out of hand . |