Example sentences of "and [adj] [conj] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People with new money spread out into the newly-built suburbs where the houses , like the cars , had got longer and lower and were dignified with the name ‘ ranch-style ’ as though there were unspoilt acres in which to roam outside , rather than the swallowing of land in highways , parkways , expressways and cloverleaf intersections to enable suburban man to reach what was once a rural neighbourhood . |
| 2 | She looked at the healthy gloss of black hair springing from a widow 's peak , the thickly lashed eyes under winged brows , the mouth that could be austere and cruel but was now warm and sensuous , and said thickly , ‘ Perhaps we could go into the garden ? ’ |
| 3 | Fenella had expected the silver door to feel cool and silvery and solid and was surprised when it actually felt extremely hot . |
| 4 | There were rows between him and Dennis , who could become exceedingly tired and emotional and was already shooting in New Orleans without a script . |
| 5 | Bentham was perfectly willing to countenance torture if it would reveal information that would prevent more injury and suffering than was used in obtaining it ( Twining and Twining , 1973 ) . |
| 6 | Sancho was ambitious , headstrong , and over-bearing and was noted for his indomitable courage … |
| 7 | Stephanie and Mrs Owen , clutching notes , bottles , knitting , Wordsworth , turned left and right and were greeted by a fat nurse who put their bottles on a tray amongst jam-jars with cellophane frills , various medicine bottles , a gin bottle and a large ketchup pot . |
| 8 | Robert Wilson , RTZ 's chief executive , said Nerco 's coal business was large and profitable and was the main target of the acquisition . |
| 9 | I mean the foyer when you come in to the building when the place was refurbished that was that we got the consultant 's to look at the into the foyer and what you see as you come into the building is the recommendations of those consultants were talking about having a red foyer making it inviting and friendly that was their recommendation which was adopted . |
| 10 | Manoon had organized the abortive " Young Turk " coups of 1981 and 1985 and was the leader of the Class 7 graduates of Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy . |
| 11 | They looked enormous and magnetic and were brilliantly adorned . |
| 12 | He captained Leander in 1894 and 1895 and was elected a steward of Henley royal regatta in 1898 . |
| 13 | It was very cold and damp and was completely under the house with no windows . |
| 14 | In the spring of 1970 , eight finished films were banned and 12 that were being shot were stopped . |
| 15 | He said that credit costs had been rising partly as a reaction to global inflationary fears , but that the current high interest rates were necessary and appropriate and were a way of keeping inflation in check . |
| 16 | At least , that was what the next-door dog , Bully , did , and Angela really judged all dogs by Bully , who was a big , black-faced alsatian who looked fierce and dangerous but was really just young , strong , and bursting with love and high spirits . |
| 17 | After this , that thoroughfare became wide and straight and was not built-up until the 1920's apart from the provision of a cemetery near the borough boundary . |
| 18 | That afternoon the floor of the shrine had been freshly plastered with mud and cow-dung and was smooth and clean , and the hearth had been cleared of its old ash . |
| 19 | From its inception , traditional medicine came to form an integral part of the popular health system , while in the ‘ official ’ system it was either ignored and ridiculed or was incorporated and exploited for profit . |
| 20 | He lost himself in its possibilities , its immensity , he went far out , and came back dazed , stunned by horizons , often with sketches he had done in a hurry and afterwards flew at with the axe of a black crayon , or a pen loaded with black ink , hacking at them fiercely , savagely , to kill off the sentimental and picturesque that was so much in vogue . |
| 21 | Surprised by Joy limited by the necessarily artificial conventions of autobiography , gives an impression that the development of Lewis 's religious opinions was much more cut and dried than was really the case . |
| 22 | For a troubled soul Hawkins looked remarkably fresh , rested and relaxed and was attacking his breakfast with some gusto . |
| 23 | The non-deglutitive motility pattern usually occurred when the subject was lying down quietly and relaxed and was swallowing infrequently . |
| 24 | And white that was womb and was invisible |
| 25 | The pages were crisp and white and were filled with the most marvellous pictures of animals wearing clothes . |
| 26 | In short , everything was made as free and homely as was possible . |
| 27 | Their buildings were more finely finished and decorated and were certainly more beautiful . |
| 28 | ‘ Smaointe ’ or ‘ thoughts ’ was inspired by the story of the beach at Margallen , where a great wave once swept away a small church and all that were in it . |
| 29 | And the ones we saw in Marks and all that were nothing were they ? |
| 30 | It was this interplay of ideas and practical events that lay behind the ‘ interactionist revolution ’ of the 1960s and 1970s and was to have a powerful influence over both psychological and sociological thinking about crime and deviance . |