Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had filled our tank , and were eating at the open food-stall , or " warong " , just across the street when a dilapidated petrol-truck pulled in to top up the filling-station 's reservoir . |
| 2 | In our study , gender was taken account of in the selection of workshops : we studied workshops with men only , with women only , workshops where men and women did the same work and were paid at the same rate , and those where the sexes did different jobs and men were paid more than women . |
| 3 | The talks began early yesterday morning and were continuing at an undisclosed venue . |
| 4 | As a 17-year-old , Daniel was diagnosed as suffering from testicular cancer and was treated at the Royal Marsden . |
| 5 | The revision of Chapter II on Evidence followed and was completed at the Eleventh Session of the Conference in October 1968 . |
| 6 | The tender has been in a finished condition for some time and was seen at the last Open Day some two years ago . |
| 7 | Fleming 's Level was expected to be 35 fathoms before intersecting the lode and was assessed at a likely £4 : 10s. per fathom with £23 10s. for the metals and sleepers . |
| 8 | Debriefed in fine detail by Donleavy and DIA agent Neal Miller , largely to see what could be done to patch up a new link with the Asmar network , Coleman was told to keep the video gear pending a resolution of ‘ this goddamn DEA fuck-up ’ and to take charge of Syrian George , who , as it happened , had arrived two days earlier on his J-1 visa and was staying at the International House on the University of Alabama campus . |
| 9 | During April the movement of magma within the volcano was indicated by a bulge which began to develop on its northeastern flank ; by 23 April this had grown to 100 m and was expanding at a daily rate of 1.5 m . |
| 10 | He drove out onto Mount Pleasant and was stopped at the temporary lights where the new sewer pipe was going in . |
| 11 | It was unfortunate that , just when he had quelled a great deal of internal disorder and was aiming at a profitable alliance with the Lancastrians during the Wars of the Roses , he chose as a grand gesture to drive out the English garrison still holding Roxburgh castle , only to be killed when one of his own bombards exploded . |
| 12 | Thomson was born in Bangalore , India , in 1894 and was educated at the Royal School for Deaf Children , Margate , in England before he went to study art at the London Art School , Kensington , and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1920 . |
| 13 | ‘ In 1346 the population of Europe comprised eighty million people , and was growing at a rapid rate . |
| 14 | ‘ I think not , ’ said Meredith , and was gratified at the crestfallen slump to the young ma 's shoulders as lie trailed towards the lift . |