Example sentences of "[adj] and [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The house was left empty and was often a target for vandals and Sutherland was unable to sell it . |
| 2 | Chris believes the Bay Horse was first a pub in the 1560s and was also a coaching inn . |
| 3 | Upper Framilode is by far the larger and was originally the location of the Purnells ' extensive iron and tinplate works , of which few traces remain , while Lower Framilode consists of just a few cottages , the mill and the Darell Arms . |
| 4 | In fact , the first report appeared in July 1992 and was mainly a description of the evaluation process . |
| 5 | He acted as the principal connection between King , Council , and Parliament ; for , until Robert Cecil went to the Lords in 1604 , the Secretary was usually a commoner and was normally the Crown 's principal mouthpiece in the Lower House . |
| 6 | It first appeared in England in April 1852 and was not a success despite good reviews in trade journals . |
| 7 | Looking across the " alley to the scars of North Hush , it seemed hard to believe that these deep gouges in the earth were manmade and were not the result of some massive upheaval in the earth 's crust . |
| 8 | Mr. Collins said that Winchester was ‘ subject ’ to the Lautro Rules 1988 and was therefore a member of Lautro . |