Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] [adv] was [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lily and the boy were standing by an old iron playhorse which had once been painted dark green but now was blotched with rust . |
| 2 | The suspect hijacked the taxi in Cretan Road , abandoned it in a cul de sac after injuring two more police officers in a frenzied attack and then was arrested in nearby Bishopsgate Street . |
| 3 | In 1814 he sailed in Conway for the North American Station and later was detached to work under Captain ( later vice-admiral ) W. F. Owen [ q.v. ] on a survey of the Canadian Great Lakes . |
| 4 | The PLO 's triumph both in the Arab arena and internationally was underestimated by Jordan and by Israel , which called for new municipal elections in 1976 . |
| 5 | Although Mr Llambias is a member of the Disciplinary Committee , he had not been selected as a member of the disciplinary panel and so was prevented by the committee 's byelaws from attending . |