Example sentences of "[adv] and was [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kemp was released after treatment but Raynsford was kept in and was said last night to be ‘ comfortable ’ . |
| 2 | The red Rover getaway car was abandoned two miles away and was carrying false number plates . |
| 3 | News leaked out locally and was confirmed last week by the Duchy , which will take on five let farms , a vacant farmhouse at the centre of the estate , and woodland with in-hand sporting rights west of the Malvern Hills . |
| 4 | Fifi had wandered off and was throwing small handfuls of straw around at the back of the cage but the big chimp stood up and grasped the bars , still rocking . |
| 5 | I went there once and was offered two shows in the spring . |
| 6 | She recovered well and was discharged eight days later . |
| 7 | He did n't want to make the same mistakes again and was taking great care over every detail , researching the best possible way to lure the creature into his grasp . |
| 8 | He never played in a Test again and was to retire three years later . |
| 9 | Lord Herbert Hervey was transferred shortly afterwards and was replaced some months later by Colonel Doughty-Wylie . |