Example sentences of "and was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She travelled via Canterbury to London , where she spoke ‘ boldly and mightily ’ against the vicious , did a good deal of sobbing and crying , and was turned out of several churches . |
| 2 | When trade was good , Brookhouse expanded and thrived and when times became hard , it lost value and was leased out to many different tenants . |
| 3 | He had to make his way past people converging on the church and was pointed out by several . |
| 4 | I could n't trust the boots , and was hanging on to any hold . |
| 5 | Her husband , who had put up with a great deal , and was to put up with much more , was not yet prepared to lose his marital rights . |
| 6 | This explains very clearly why Matilda is far and away the most popular children 's book I have written and was bought by over half a million children in Britain alone in the first six months . |
| 7 | After taking a series of measurements I put a numbered ring on each bird 's leg so that if one came to grief and was picked up at some time in the future , its identity could be established . |
| 8 | She did a total of twelve weeks in London , and was sold out at all performances . |
| 9 | Another man , a social worker got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected . |
| 10 | Another man , a social worker , got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected . |