Example sentences of "and [was/were] [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chief scene for amorous exchange was the entrance to the boys ' swimming baths , for the girls had no baths of their own , and were obliged to use those of their brother school for their weekly afternoon 's lesson ; here , on the steps , small red messenger boys would collect , proffering envelopes from their elders . |
| 2 | They had bumped into each other that " day " , and were delighted to find each other . |
| 3 | Farnham had the disadvantage of fielding the bare minimum of six players and were unable to make any substitutions in a gruelling programme of matches . |
| 4 | The majority , however , were adamantly opposed to anything which weakened their absolute control over their crews and were prepared to take any action which would ensure that this was upheld , the most effective method being the recruitment of non-union crews which were prepared to sail at lower rates and under worse conditions than union men . |
| 5 | The programme of trials and different phasings for entry into local management meant that some schools were well to the fore and were able to demonstrate both the advantages and drawbacks of early thinking on the part of central and local government . |
| 6 | Outpatient representatives understood better the daily issues of residential care and were able to convey these to their colleagues . |
| 7 | Hundreds of candidates were chasing every vacancy in higher education and were ready to take any place offered . |
| 8 | It had to be established how such a system would work , and virtually all the present members had qualified by Institute examinations for practical and theoretical experience , and were unlikely to allow those to be admitted who had not passed these examinations . |
| 9 | Not having a swimming pool , the boys merely had occasional periods at the Town Baths , and were unlikely to make any great splash in the swimming championships . |
| 10 | The boy seriously injured in the blast , 12-year-old Timothy Parry , remained in critical condition and was due to have another brain scan today . |
| 11 | Wondering if my worm had been chewed again , I picked up the rod to reel in and was delighted to find another roach on the end . |
| 12 | Encouraged by the vision thus conjured up , Nutty watched the opposition with narrowed eyes , and was pleased to see that , yes , Colin Constable , for all his smart appearance , was certainly not up to Nails 's standard and not even up to Jazz 's , although better than Hoomey and herself . |
| 13 | Nathan Lazar woke up late and was unable to find any human sign of life down in the workshops . |
| 14 | She looked back over that stormy summer and was surprised to see each scene , even the ones that had seemed rather painful at the time , shining with an almost holy silver light . |
| 15 | I was practising this the other day , in preparation for the time when my climbing standard drops slightly , and was surprised to read some interesting facts about myself . |
| 16 | This would occur if the winner of the initial contract benefited from learning-by-doing during its execution and was able to appropriate those benefits , enabling him to compete advantageously when terms are renegotiated . |
| 17 | Although the system had been modified in many villages so that the strips fell together instead of being widely separated , everybody , including squatters , had access to the common land and was able to earn some sort of a living from it , and this could be supplemented seasonally by labouring or harvesting for a bigger landowner . |
| 18 | In many cases he was even able at the first consultation to diagnose the probable organism which the patient was harbouring on the basis of the patient 's temperament , and was able to confirm these later by bacteriological studies . |
| 19 | Again he froze it with a quick stare , and was able to repeat this process time and again . |
| 20 | Gross examined over one dozen research projects on corporate career mobility and was able to discern some ‘ distinctive features ’ of those who attain ‘ top positions ’ . |
| 21 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 22 | He took everything too seriously , and was apt to shoulder all burdens , all responsibilities , to initiate too many schemes for battered women , delinquent children , alcoholics , drug abusers , prostitutes , the old and the destitute . |
| 23 | Long had quit his job because of the incident and was unlikely to get another . |
| 24 | This was first flown in 1979 , but Bill found himself hanging upside down when the brakes seized on landing , and was reluctant to repeat this so it is now owned by Disney Industries , featuring in a recent film The Rocketeer . |
| 25 | She had married at seventeen and was busy throwing all her efforts into the hotel since there were no children . |
| 26 | I saw the last few minutes of the game when I got back from the pub last night and was amazed to hear some commentator say ‘ Manchester United have n't lost at home in the European Cup for 37 years ’ . |