Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually , they had a single mast stepped amidships and were rigged with a single square sail . |
| 2 | For that last half-hour of the day , the dunes became a deeper gold and were scored with the long shadows of palm trees , whose tops were so green that I fancied that if my arm had been long enough I could have plucked a leaf and eaten it as if it had been parsley . |
| 3 | All the children were at that time highly disturbed and were placed with the foster mother on a long term fostering basis . |
| 4 | The people were commanded to assemble and were faced with a simple choice : ‘ Elijah stepped forward and said to the people , ‘ How long will you sit on the fence ? |
| 5 | Battling Leigh never gave up and were rewarded with a late try from Andy Collier , converted by Simon Baldwin . |
| 6 | In spite of lowering clouds and apocalyptic forecasts , plenty of hardy souls turned up to sample the culinary offerings of Brecknock 's answer tot he Roux Brothers , and were rewarded with a pleasant , rain free evening , and a meal that reached even dizzier heights than last year — the proportion of charcoal to edible meat having been somewhat reduced . |
| 7 | Coleraine started brightly with Cook and Brian Donaghy both going close in the opening three minutes , but the Crues settled quickly and were presented with a golden opportunity to go ahead in the 12th minute . |
| 8 | Kai Tak stretched ahead , runway strip in the harbour lit up in blue white and gold , and a second later they had cleared the buildings of the city and were landing with a faint jolt . |
| 9 | At a farewell party held in his honour , Terry Williams received various mementos from friends and colleagues and was presented with a compact disc player by P&O Group Treasurer , John Beverton . |
| 10 | By 1983 , Zimbabwe had approached the IMF and was presented with the standard package of reform measures , but by 1984 had reached a parting of the ways with the Fund . |
| 11 | The relief evaporated and was replaced with a profound anxiety . |
| 12 | He felt powerless in the face of his father , and was cursed with the unshakeable conviction that he was to be punished throughout life for some unspecified crime . |
| 13 | He had begun the clearing and draining of the Fairfax land and was helping with the actual physical labour himself . |
| 14 | While their challenge was clearly the most serious to have been presented to President Ceausescu , and was made with the full knowledge of important facts , it was also made by people who have long since left the political scene , mainly having retired , or been retired — prematurely — by Mr Ceausescu . |
| 15 | The war prevented this flight and instead the Stratoliner was to become his executive run-about and was fitted with a sumptuous interior . |
| 16 | Finely made of solid silver from the local mines , it must have weighed twenty pounds , and was adorned with a shimmering cascade of golden plumage which Lorne at once recognized . |
| 17 | Steve agreed , and was rewarded with a versatile and creative player who was a useful asset to the club at a rather difficult time . |
| 18 | Stopping outside , he checked his watch , and was rewarded with a sudden sharp blast from upslope , followed by a rain of small pieces of wood and clay brick which had once been a part of the Bagi . |
| 19 | I punched the button and was rewarded with a blessed , ear-ringing silence as the offending cassette slid out . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd prefer it in the cup , ’ she retorted drily , and was rewarded with the faintest tremor of Lucenzo 's mobile mouth . |
| 21 | The girl had hair like a charred bush , and was wrestling with a tolerant Labrador , while the other two lounged laughing . |
| 22 | She was deified by the early Romans as a fertility goddess and was combined with the Phrygian goddess CYBELE in a cult which also worshipped Vulcan . |
| 23 | The glider circled the escarpment and was carried with the warm air currents into the upper atmosphere . |
| 24 | If the article was unstained , and was finished with a clear coating , the damaged area can be filled up by repeated applications of a clear polyurethane , transparent French polish or cold cure lacquer . |
| 25 | The Deeside buttoned right up to the neck and was finished with a neat ‘ ghillie ’ collar . |
| 26 | Metal analyses of silver alloy brooches reported by Leigh ( 1980 , p. 185ff. ) suggest that the silver was moderately pure and was alloyed with a copper-based alloy , possibly of Roman origin . |
| 27 | The nucleation time in the hepatic bile of patients with cholesterol gall stones was significantly shorter than the gall stone free patients ( 8.2 ( 7.2 ) v 15.7 ( 5.8 ) days , p<0.05 ) , and was associated with a greater concentration of biliary lipid despite the lack of a difference in the cholesterol saturation index ( CSI ) and total protein concentration . |
| 28 | Improved sphincter function was often achieved after only one retraining session and was associated with a significant , longlasting clinical benefit in 85% of patients treated . |
| 29 | The glance he directed at Gebrec held a hint of malice and was greeted with an angry frown . |
| 30 | She sailed around the world between 1872 and 1876 , under the scientific direction of Charles Wyville Thomson , and was equipped with a chemical laboratory and many other up-to-date scientific facilities . |