Example sentences of "and [was/were] [adj] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We taxied in close to the runway and were all pushed down the exit ladder to make a sprint for the terminal building ; no automatic concertinaed walkways here . |
| 2 | June 1941 , German forces launched their surprise attack and were able to break up the Russian formations and take a huge number of prisoners . |
| 3 | The former United Kingdom Home Secretary and since 1990 government leader in the House of Lords , Lord Waddington , was announced as the new Governor of Bermuda on April 13 and was due to take up the post in the late summer . |
| 4 | The difference was that the teacher in the first group really related to the material and to the children , and she had understood the underlying purpose and challenge of RE and was able to point up the discussion , listening carefully to what the children said and leading them on in their thinking . |
| 5 | He made a few enquiries and was able to track down the thieves . |
| 6 | He had implicit trust in the righteousness of the ‘ movement ’ , and was eager to carry out the orders of its leader . |