Example sentences of "and [was/were] [adj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Captain Dawson 's parents , themselves stricken , had no idea how to deal with their weeping daughter-in-law , and were thankful to leave her to Dorothy . |
| 2 | This year , by some freak of fate , the Mendozas had drawn the O'Briens in the first round , and were due to play them at the latter 's new polo club forty miles away on the first Saturday in December . |
| 3 | I had pulled the team together by the second half , and Sporting found us a very different proposition and were lucky to hold us to 0–0 . |
| 4 | We had the NWN report of those six points and were able to give it to him . |
| 5 | They wanted to free Sycorax without further delay , and Ariel too , though some doubted her allegiance , and were willing to abandon her for carrying the stranger 's child . |
| 6 | Those patients with a good postoperative result ‘ maintained it for many years , gained occupationally and vocationally , were pleased with the results of the operation , and were willing to recommend it to others ’ . |
| 7 | They industriously developed these skills throughout Europe , and were quick to export them to their colonies . |
| 8 | They saw the fascist stewards as the Nazi storm troopers trampling upon liberty and were quick to dissociate themselves from the image which the BUF had gained . |
| 9 | He was inclined to feel giddy , too , and was obliged to support himself against the parapet in order to steady his troubled vision . |
| 10 | This company had purchased two new middle-water vessels , the Ben Loyal and Ben Roy but had been unable to make them pay and was obliged to sell them in May 1980 . |
| 11 | Soon he could no longer bear to apply the scorching lens to his right eye and was obliged to hold it to his left , which he did more clumsily than ever . |
| 12 | They could not understand why their exemplary son had left university with an excellent degree and was content to submerge himself in dole culture as he waited for his band to make it . |
| 13 | I returned to London , and was unable to find you until two hours ago . ’ |
| 14 | He peered across the tavern , watching a group of men busy baiting a relic-seller who claimed he had Aaron 's beard in a sack and was prepared to sell it to them for a few coins . |
| 15 | This anonymous peasant sensed intuitively the lack of communication between the centre and the grass roots , and was prepared to overcome it through personal effort . |
| 16 | When the builders moved in , the authority found another house , and was ready to buy it for seventy thousand pounds , but again there were protests and the plan was scrapped . |
| 17 | Breeze had already heard the family mentioned the day before , at the Vicarage , and was interested to see them in the flesh . |
| 18 | He returned to England on succeeding his father as second Baron Northwick in 1800 , and was able to devote himself to the formation of the collection for which Northwick Park became famous . |
| 19 | Being the parent company , Electronics exercised strong control over Magnetics ' finances and was able to decide which of its creditors should be paid . |
| 20 | The employee had conceived the idea for the valve in March 1985 and was able to test it for the first time several months later ; the employer applied for a UK patent in March 1986 ; and three years later the employee applied for compensation . |
| 21 | The staff were amazed at how quickly she grasped the various issues and was able to slot them into the incredible filing system of her memory . |
| 22 | It was n't , however , until summer had faded that he could at last feel he was his own man again and was able to address himself to the present . |
| 23 | Happily I had been at school with this fellow and was able to contact him on my next leave , and to persuade him that it would be a pity to spoil his good name by killing me . |
| 24 | She had tried not to mind and was careful to shew nothing but pleasure . |
| 25 | She had no idea whether she was early or late in doing so , and was inclined to chastise herself for self-indulgence . |
| 26 | When she returned to Swans ' Meadow , she found Ursula had embarked on a cold-blooded drinking bout and was reluctant to accompany her into the garden , the one venue where Charlotte felt she could safely disclose what had happened . |
| 27 | He became desperate and was willing to try anything in search for a solution to his problem . |