Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [verb] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had tuberculosis and was getting better slowly . |
| 2 | The tow rope snapped twice on the way and was getting shorter and shorter before we eventually got to Darlington . |
| 3 | The third moved to a house which was not supported by the Special Development Team but where the home leader had been trained by the team and was receiving further training at the University . |
| 4 | The empire was in a state of decline which had begun with the havoc wrought in 1204 by the Fourth Crusade and was made worse by internal conflicts . |
| 5 | I was making two or three a year and was feeling worse and worse . |