Example sentences of "and so [was/were] unable [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Brooks , a friend of Dad 's , suffered from corns and so was unable to make the journey to buy his own papers without considerable discomfort . |
| 2 | The police officer had him handcuffed to him and so was unable to make a contemporaneous note of the conversation until he reached the police station ( though he did not record the reason for not making the note at the time , nor the time when the note was made ) . |
| 3 | However , Sir John Cockroft was in the USA at the time , did not attend the lecture and so was unable to get at first hand insights into what the Soviets had , and had not , done . |
| 4 | I was obliged during the course of that first morning to go constantly in and out of the room , and so was unable to follow the proceedings at all fully . |
| 5 | They had not been given details of the legislation and so were unable to counter opposition scaremongering . |