Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] [prep] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had checked Angela 's diary for the two weeks before she had gone missing and were talking to everyone in it . ’ |
| 2 | She did n't know any of the names ; she smiled and shook hands and was passed from one to the other like a parcel . |
| 3 | Its prince was to be elected by the Bulgarians , confirmed by Turkey with the assent of the powers , and was to belong to none of the great reigning houses of Europe . |
| 4 | Of the two doctors it was undoubtedly Dr Dunstaple who had the largest number of adherents ; he had been the civil surgeon in Krishnapur for some years and was known to everyone as a kindly and paternal man . |
| 5 | He looked up to see the restaurant door slam and was left with nothing but a whiff of her perfume . |