Example sentences of "[adv] and [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the children were expected to learn an instrument as they became old enough and were taught by talented Salvationists free of charge . |
| 2 | The third Artisans ' Dinner , this time in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall , seemed as jolly as ever and was supported by seven members of the Reading Football Club team . |
| 3 | He appeared at Norwich Magistrates Court yesterday and was released on conditional bail . |
| 4 | The commissioners were given detailed orders on the best way to proceed : they were not to summon more than twelve men at once and were to speak to each man alone , reminding him of the King 's work on his behalf . |
| 5 | An immaculate 2 bedroom Victorian terrace house that has been modernised internally and was extended in 1981 . |
| 6 | Most of the shades hung crookedly and were scorched on one side , and she said the tinsel constituted an added fire hazard . |
| 7 | ‘ I got there at ten a.m. and was done by one p. m . |
| 8 | Many were still about war , but they were n't quite as crass as before and were interspersed with some really enjoyable movies . |
| 9 | Bel-Korhadris ruled wisely and well and was loved by all . |
| 10 | Reinforcements for the Australians arrived when 2/4 Independent Company landed , but their destroyer transport — HMAS Voyager — ran irretrievably aground and was strafed by Japanese planes , although without injury to the Australians . |
| 11 | Unfortunately this does not appear to work the other way ; the shipowners would not be entitled to any share in a windfall profit if the market value of the cargo increased dramatically and was sold for much more than if it had arrived on time . |
| 12 | Dostoevsky underwent a spiritual transformation in Siberia which turned him into the greatest of nineteenth-century writers , but Petrashevskii died there and was buried in unconsecrated ground in 1866 . |
| 13 | The forum was planned symmetrically and was surrounded by covered colonnades to provide shelter from sun and rain . |
| 14 | Sometime later , after Christmas , Mr Leslie was on High Wycombe Station again and was talking to one of the station staff . |
| 15 | The DHAC announced that the exercise would be repeated the following weekend ; although the police warned that they would have to intervene this time , the demonstration went ahead and was extended to forty-eight hours . |