Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] and [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His heavy footsteps were thumping nearer and nearer when the root of a tree sent him sprawling . |
| 2 | The Trees were moving slowly and painfully and it was terrible and marvellous to see them . |
| 3 | Our perambulations were interrupted now and again when other young friends with babies , hove in sight and , being infectious , we had to wave from a distance and hurry away from each other . |
| 4 | Caddies were hit often and painfully and several took to wearing crash helmets , and one well-known caddie , who obviously had other priorities , used to wear a cricketer 's box . |
| 5 | X-rays were taken there and then and resisting the temptation to open the package , I took them back to the consulting room . |
| 6 | Just how we were to get out and home once we had arrived there was a problem we still refused to think about . |
| 7 | And Seren Haminh , in the instant before dissolution , saw and knew and understood that she was dying utterly and completely and forever , as the shock and agony and terror screamed to infinite depths , Fox linked and shared , high and higher . |
| 8 | He was swearing steadily and obscenely as he did so , realising that the windscreen damage inflicted by the near miss would make it well-nigh impossible for him to engage in a high speed chase now . |
| 9 | Everything was done calmly and carefully and Jasmine was progressing nicely under saddle — until the day a different coloured saddlecloth was used . |
| 10 | It was said simply and sincerely and Kate followed him up the stairs gladly . |
| 11 | It flew a total of 26 hours in this configuration before it was sold again and again and again , and then finally traded for a two-place P-51 . |
| 12 | He was getting nearer and nearer and was almost upon them . |
| 13 | Then everything went quiet apart from the piano which was played slower and slower and quieter and quieter as a hand moved across the screen . |
| 14 | anyway he went to the toilet , went a wee and I put him back in bed and he was laid there and anyway and , and he eventually dropped off , anyway I was telling my mum about it yesterday , and I did n't sort of think no more of it the next day , right , and mum I said well if ever he gets that again she said you should from the doctor she said , because , one of our boys had it she said and it was a blockage |
| 15 | A heavy , silver casket was swinging backwards and forwards and there was that smell in the air — a smell of old leaves and perfume and musty , clinging sweetness . |
| 16 | It was a decision which tormented him but was faced purely and simply because Mark Bosnich is now regarded as one of the best around . |
| 17 | Then , as always , various ‘ catchphrases ’ were strung together like shells on a necklace to form a complete view that was repeated over and again and formed men 's attitudes . |
| 18 | She had said it was not her husband , but she was feeling more and more that d'Urberville was physically her husband . |