Example sentences of "was [adj] [noun] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Some colonised the deep seas where there was little light and lost their eyes altogether .
2 It was warm praise and cheered him .
3 It was postmarked Inverary and bore her father 's handwriting .
4 Although CDC would not come clean with its actual choice of another RISC , it ruled out Sparc , said DEC 's Alpha was just vapourware and admitted it had been positively influenced by HP 's technology commitment .
5 He was passing blood and sicking it up .
6 The following day the shepherd took the golden cask foot to a goldsmith , who confirmed that it was genuine gold and bought it immediately .
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