Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 15 , our daughter knew the calorific contents of every morsel and was making herself sick by drinking vinegar . |
| 2 | He had taken the knife from Molassi 's body and was studying its bloody tip with interest when the Doctor entered . |
| 3 | Even as he greeted Dalgliesh he was taking off his jacket and was drawing his fine latex gloves over stubby-fingered hands which looked unnaturally white , almost bloodless . |
| 4 | Or could it be Colebrooke , who had discovered Sir Ralph 's murky past and was promoting his own ambitions under the guise of revenge for past misdeeds ? |
| 5 | Uzbekistan took control of all union enterprises on its territory and was to conduct its own foreign policy . |
| 6 | Benefit of the Doubt must be given that all employed by the Grand Canyon were brain damaged at birth and were given their bureaucratic procedure in India . |
| 7 | Simon glanced round at Tony , the owner 's son , who had stopped reading his comic and was watching them both , curiously . |
| 8 | Party elders were concerned that the younger generation of intellectuals took no interest in Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thought and were neglecting their political studies . |
| 9 | The leader , with four-under par was Jim Thorpe , a comparatively unknown black professional , who had made several unsuccessful attempts to qualify for the Championship and was making his first appearance . |
| 10 | Whilst Hooker defended the Church 's beliefs and practices in the name of reason , Andrewes went further and boldly asserted that the Anglican Church was part of a Catholic and Universal Church and was maintaining its true traditions which had been corrupted by Rome . |
| 11 | Even as he shouted for attention , Jesus had picked a target star and was tracking its apparent movement around the Lift . |
| 12 | They had bought their first house and were expecting their first baby . |
| 13 | Most of the other students had foregathered by this time and were awaiting their final briefing from their tutor . |