Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were jammed eight to a compartment , smoking , playing cards and drinking beer ; the lights were on and sleep was completely impossible . |
| 2 | On the fifth night he finally fell asleep when the electrodes were on and recordings were being made , and stayed asleep for two and a half hours until his wife woke him . |
| 3 | All the lights were on and people seemed to be moving about in every room . |
| 4 | By Friday afternoon the results of the gas sample analysis were in and Reno Air Race Executive Director Thorton Audrain proclaimed the fuel ‘ clean ’ and promised to monitor the fuel . |
| 5 | Last week 34 of Darlington 's 44 doctors signed an open letter protesting at the article , saying his claim waiting lists were down and NHS spending up were false . |
| 6 | The grand total of fifteen million pounds fell 7 million short of Telethon'90 , ratings were down and critics talked of the recession and compassion fatigue . |
| 7 | Elizabeth Woodville 's voice was unusually stern — her defences were down and attack was the better part of defence . |
| 8 | Perhaps , when the battles were over and Ireland was whole once more , they would return , but perhaps they would simply remain in the hill-farms and the distant mountains , forging their own cultures , making their own legends , weaving their strange secret stories into the fabric of Ireland 's history . |
| 9 | Once the festivities were over and d'Aubigny rose to withdraw , so did my master , refusing Agrippa 's invitation to stay and talk awhile . |
| 10 | And so the Olympic flame flickered and slowly died , the 25th Games were over and Barcelona said adios among the controversy . |
| 11 | Eva 's shoes were off and Dad had removed his jacket and tie . |
| 12 | Preston had given the expected response and they were off and running . |
| 13 | Just two songs into the two-part set and two-thirds of the audience were up and dancing . |
| 14 | ‘ We have had enquiries in the past about using our facilities , ’ said the spokesman , ‘ but that was not possible until these new machines were up and running . |
| 15 | In 1883 hats were out and rosettes , red or white , were in . |
| 16 | Pie said , once they were out and walking . |
| 17 | The light was on and Phoebe was sitting on the bed with Maggie 's arms wrapped convulsively around her , her scarlet and sparkling body thus partly hidden from her grandmother . |
| 18 | The cabin light was on and Fen was bending over her , disturbingly close , close enough for her to be able to see the individual pores in his swarthy skin . |
| 19 | Blood tests revealed Louise 's haemoglobin level was down and doctors referred her to the local hospital . |
| 20 | When the singing was over and Anthony buried , the mourners went to the family and paid their respects . |
| 21 | By 1940 , the period of violence was over and unionism had won acceptance . |
| 22 | Robbie ventured to ask when the long , uncomfortably silent walk was over and Water Gypsy was under way once more . |
| 23 | They had a pleasant drive down there ( Goodwood was over and London deserted ) and arrived at sunset ; on this occasion the food was not a great success . |
| 24 | At last it was over and Lori was getting up . |
| 25 | The First World War was over and Europe was once again open for pleasure . |
| 26 | By then the worst of the day was over and things became easier , as I later recorded : |
| 27 | By the mid-1930s the Malthusian revival of the previous decade was over and opinion changed with the widely publicised discovery that the country faced the prospect of a declining population . |
| 28 | The sound was over and silence was back , or what passed for silence here . |
| 29 | The late evening rush was over and Dame Street was almost deserted . |
| 30 | Authoritative mother , gracious mistress of this house , she rose , gathering the eyes of non-existent guests ( for she would not look near Dada or Aunt Tossie ) , indicating that luncheon was over and coffee would be in the drawing room . |