Example sentences of "and [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We contacted the Welsh Office and were belatedly sent a copy of the paper . |
| 2 | He served Edinburgh University from 1895 as the assessor of the university court and was soon elected a curator of patronage , a post he held until he died . |
| 3 | In mathematics he was clearly one year ahead , and was immediately awarded a Founder 's scholarship and two small exhibitions — and this at St John 's College which was noted at this time for its academic distinction . |
| 4 | The former Sunsets manager , Paul Barrett , took out a separate action against Edmunds and was also awarded a share of royalties . |
| 5 | Newman , John Henry ( 1801–1890 ) A foremost leader of the Oxford Movement within Anglicanism , Newman later converted to Roman Catholicism and was finally made a Cardinal before his death . |
| 6 | Simon Patiño , the family 's patriarch , who rose from being a clerk in a mining supplies store to owner of the largest known tin deposit , accrued revenues from the manufacture of nearly every tin can and piece of tin foil and was ultimately appointed a representative of the Bolivian government in Paris . |
| 7 | With her hooded eyes loaded with mascara she was often likened to Myrna Loy and was eventually given a film test , a frequent occurrence for beauties in the 1920s . |
| 8 | Educated at St Peter 's School , York , and at University College London , he gained his MD in 1873 , and was subsequently elected a fellow of the college . |
| 9 | He was knighted in 1932 and was subsequently made a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . |
| 10 | His entrance test was to set a four-part antiphon ( in a locked room to prevent cheating ) : he completed the task — which took some composers four hours or so — in just over half an hour , and was unanimously elected a member of the Accademia . |
| 11 | Oliver ate his share of the food and was then given a glass of gin-and-water . |
| 12 | After ten minutes , Mick was asked for his passport and was then handed a sheaf of letters , all in the same size of envelope , all addressed in the same neat hand of his father . |