Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] well [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shikar lobby was strong and well organized and naturally argued that the tiger population was holding its own . |
| 2 | As a trainer , I have found that the brightest learners ( and the best , funniest and most communicative partners ) were not domestic horses , whose natural ability has been stunted , but wild ones in which the capacity for learning and communicating was rich and well developed . |
| 3 | This exhibition was solid and well produced , the images drifting through concocted tales of the artist 's imaginings . |
| 4 | He would be in his early fifties , was tall and well built with a craggy face . |
| 5 | I tested the springs as best I could , but I weighed under seven stone and Otto was tall and well built . |
| 6 | For one thing , she had never worn a strapless dress before , and although the bodice was tight-fitting and well supported she could n't rid herself of the fear that the dress would go slithering to the floor at some critical moment , leaving her almost naked , like in a bad dream . |
| 7 | It was easy to see that he was clever and well read , but he was also boring . |
| 8 | Benn 's strategy was simple and well timed . |
| 9 | Equipment was conventional but well maintained . |
| 10 | Often the skirt was frilled as well making it impossible for the audience to see where the skirt ended and the knickers began . |
| 11 | He has light brown hair and was tidy and well spoken in a dark anorak and jeans |
| 12 | Dinah noticed that the garden was tidy and well weeded , and reserved her opinion of the scholarly pair until she should have seen their methods for herself . |
| 13 | Here as in the rest of the house , the furniture was good and well cared for . |
| 14 | The yacht was stiff and well balanced as the breeze freshened . |
| 15 | Her hair was grey and well cared for and her apron was invariably spotless . |
| 16 | He was happy and well looked after in this home . |
| 17 | Sculpture , being Fine Art , he did not tackle till he was 27 and well established and then seemingly by way of therapeutic sublimation during a period of enforced sexual abstinence whilst his wife was pregnant . |
| 18 | The shelter was clean and well built . |
| 19 | If I may say so very well councillor and you were specific and indeed backed up the particular figures , even though of course one is entitled to the that I thought it was fair and well argued . |
| 20 | Then the man in Riga asked if it was cold in Leningrad , and we said yes it was , and the man in Riga said you had to expect it now , and that the Riga Hotel was modern and well heated as long as it was n't damp . |
| 21 | She was young and well dressed . |
| 22 | His mouth was wide and well cut , with a deeply indented upper lip , and a decidedly grim set to it , and there was something about him which kept her rigid with tension beneath the covers . |
| 23 | So , on the other hand , feminists want another kind of knowledge — based on believing that it is not enough to establish that Angelica Kauffman was productive and well respected in both difficult and popular forms of art . |