Example sentences of "and [was/were] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recall how disappointed I was in the morning to discover that the pebbles I had collected so lovingly the evening before were just a pile of dull stones now that they had dried and were away from the beach . |
| 2 | Cos I was in the army we had good food and were away from all the bombing . |
| 3 | Sir Nicholas Fairbairn , a former Solicitor-General for Scotland , said some lawyers were deliberately spinning out cases and were on to a meal ticket . |
| 4 | But you muste prove yourself to do som thynges that you were never taught , or else you shall not be able to doo any more than you were taught , and were rather to learne by rote than by reason . |
| 5 | Rather sadly , the sites allotted to these clinics were often away from the main hospital departments and were either to be found in dungeon-like basements or else in prefabricated huts . |
| 6 | We showed the Germans our passports and Feed the Children/Red Cross documentation and were through in ten minutes . |
| 7 | " A small part , " 90 entire pennies and a few fragments , was recovered by the Scottish Exchequer and were mostly from the reign of Eadgar with others from Athelstan , Edmund , Eodred and Eadwig . |
| 8 | It meant that major strikes almost invariably began from the bottom up and were largely outside the control of the unions . |
| 9 | The weather was not too promising , but we made good time and were soon at the first terrace . |
| 10 | We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress . |
| 11 | We continued climbing for a short while and were soon at the highest point of our walk . |
| 12 | Most of the Balkan Jews were of Iberian origin and were thus of the Sephardic branch of Jewry . |
| 13 | He and his officer rode at the head of their squadron , and were thus at the very tip of the advancing French army . |
| 14 | This would be difficult to do if the chicks hatched at different times and were thus at different stages of development and strength . |
| 15 | What is not in doubt is that many members failed to follow the professional path of Section 2f in the dispute , and were thus in breach of the Code of Professional Conduct . |
| 16 | For three-quarters of a century from the 1650s successive holders of this post , John de Witt , Gaspar Fagel and Anthonie Heinsius , acted in effect as foreign ministers , and were thus among the most important figures on the European political stage . |
| 17 | The southerners had longer legs and were generally of a less heavy conformation ; their skin was thicker , their coat less silky and they were slower to mature . |
| 18 | Rovers toiled tirelessly and were well worth their eight points from two Martin Pearson goals and an Ian Smales try . |
| 19 | Eagles enjoyed some lively attacking spells and were well worth their 20 points with tries to loose forward Anthony Farrell ( 2 ) , Aussie second rower Paul Carr and former Kangaroo Test full-back Garry Jack . |
| 20 | The following are two examples from brochures in the early 1990s which were distributed to parents and local businesses , and were even to be found in doctors ' and dentists ' waiting rooms . |
| 21 | Nick Skelton , on Everest Major Wager , and Geoff Billington , with Rhapsody , had their only fault at the treble and were also among the thirds . |
| 22 | About six months ago , our deputy general secretary wrote to Monseigneur , the general secretary of the bishops conference , and er told him that we hoped progress was being made , referred in particular to the degree of consensus that had been a arrived at in the baptism eucharist and ministry document and er also to the difference that had been made by the coming into being of ACTS and its commission on unity faith and order and we had a reply to that er a letter from Monseigneur assuring as that the hierarchy were taking this seriously , that they were discussing it er amongst themselves in Scotland and were also in discussion with Rome on the subject as well . |
| 23 | They hunted in packs , and were individually from two to three metres long . |
| 24 | In summary , we can say that rugs were used by a number of civilizations , ranging from Greece through to Central Asia , during the first millennium BC , and were probably in existence for some considerable time before . |
| 25 | The Elector Counts could not have done otherwise even if they had wanted ; the people demanded it , and were not to be denied . |
| 26 | In this process , battles did little to help either side achieve its military aim , and were not to be an important part of the strategies pursued by the two main protagonists in the Hundred Years War . |
| 27 | The fires of her fury against him , long buried , had risen up , and were not to be contained . |
| 28 | I envied them their sexual freedom and their self-assured dignity , and I despised the British vice squads that ran them in and were not above enjoying their charms for a consideration . |
| 29 | Well he does n't bother to mention that the king also had an official welcome at Carfax , which was the normal place , what was known as the Penniless Bench , which was at the end of St Martin 's Church , only the of that remains at the moment , now , erm and then was presented with the traditional gift of gloves by the mayor , and the not very generous sum of £520 , and just about the same time , Alderman Nixon and 12 others who agreed with him disappeared smartly from Oxford , and were n't to be seen for the rest of the war . |
| 30 | Saviour Stuart said : ‘ We deserved a draw in the end , but in the first half we struggled and were n't at the races . |