Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before banks or even locks and keys were invented , the usual way of protecting valuable objects and money was to hide them from other people . |
| 2 | It was Saturday morning and suburbia was busying itself with the tasks it likes so much . |
| 3 | An editorial recently went so far as to say that more important than establishing a framework for research and development was doing something about the failure to disseminate and apply existing knowledge . |
| 4 | The grey-brown circle suddenly became the face of a planet , and Ace was approaching it from space . |
| 5 | Jeanne , the Vitou 's only daughter was being prepared for evacuation , but my newly found knowledge in medicine and sociology was making me over optimistic . |