Example sentences of "and [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Englishmen were afraid that France might be able to dominate Europe and were determined to hold her in check . |
| 2 | The president and his senior staff shared a fervent conviction that legislators , administrators and the national media were resolutely opposed to all that Richard Nixon stood for and were determined to prevent him from making a reality of his policy intentions . |
| 3 | The jury heard how Ferguson and Smillie collected two five-gallon drums of diesel from Oban railway pier on the day of the fire , 12 May last year , and were seen delivering it to Ferguson 's house . |
| 4 | He stopped to inspect the latest Piaget watches and was tempted to buy one for Susan . |
| 5 | ‘ Soliciting … she was known to have men at her house and was seen to stop them in the street . |
| 6 | Spennymoor impresario John Wray met Angie last summer and was inspired to book her for several tours of the North-East . |
| 7 | I had come this far and was determined to make it to France . |
| 8 | He had control of Shakespeare 's ‘ time ’ and was determined to milk it for every ounce of potential profit . |
| 9 | Poor Mrs Sugden had her leg put in plaster , and was forced to bump herself down the stairs to get her husband 's meals — he had no intention of spoiling her . |
| 10 | If the diagnosis of perforation was confirmed , the patient was given intravenous fluids and antibiotics and was advised to take nothing by mouth . |
| 11 | Thereafter he became a missionary of heathen Africa , wrote a seminal alchemical text called the Clavicula , and was reputed to turn himself into a red cock when occasion demanded . |