Example sentences of "and [was/were] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of Mickeys and Goofys recognized John 's condition and were especially kind to him . |
| 2 | The major , Guy 's father , was a sweetie , she assured her , farmed seven hundred acres of dairy land in Berkshire , and was also Master of the Buckhurst Hunt . |
| 3 | The question of duplication of effort in guide production vexed Smith in his study and was also part of the focus of Taylor 's attention in his study of information guides . |
| 4 | It has both acquired computer maintenance firm , Barcelona-based Morsa Mantenimiento de Ordensdores SA , which turned over $2.7m in 1991 and was also part of the Auguas de Barcelona Group , and last year , set up a subsidiary in Portugal , which it called LUMA . |
| 5 | He presided over the creation of the British Sugar Corporation , served as its chairman between 1935 and 1949 , and was also chairman of a number of other companies , including the Iraq Petroleum Company between 1941 and 1950 . |
| 6 | In the new reign Cranmer was a senior member of the Council of Regency and was also godfather to the young King Edward VI . |
| 7 | She has worked in several countries in Latin America and was formerly Secretary of the Chile Committee for Human Rights . |
| 8 | ‘ It was on a bearing of 280 degrees and was already west of the Falklands , so I 'm sorry but I can not see how you can say it was not sailing away from the Falklands when it was sunk . ’ |
| 9 | Dan'l Lewin , vice-president , sales and marketing comes from Go Corp and was previously co-founder with Steve Jobs of NeXT Computer Inc . |
| 10 | Mermaz , who had been president of the National Assembly from 1981 to 1986 and was briefly Minister of Transport in 1988 , had been leader of the Socialist group in the Assembly since 1988 . |
| 11 | He took holy orders , and was subsequently chaplain of Christ Church , Oxford ( from 1713 ) , and absentee vicar of King 's Walden , Hertfordshire . |
| 12 | His more distant relations included Miles of Gloucester , a marcher baron who was responsible for Gilbert becoming abbot of Gloucester , and was subsequently earl of Hereford . |
| 13 | His heir , George , married William Garrard 's daughter , Anne , and was subsequently governor of the Russia Company , mayor in 1586–7 , and MP . |
| 14 | By 1981 , Virgil Trofin had been downgraded , like so many former protégés , and was now Minister of Mines and Petroleum . |
| 15 | The usher explained that Eva had been working in Africa and was now principal of an international college . |
| 16 | She spent 18 years working for director of statistics and computers , Mr Ramm , and was then secretary to Len Payne , director of distribution . |
| 17 | The original was acquired recently by sporting-trophies specialist John Bowles , who is trying to trace its origins : ‘ It was originally made in Birmingham in 1891 and was obviously part of a very important piece of cricketing silver , ’ says Bowles . |