Example sentences of "and [adj] [pron] [vb past] [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , of course , the dug-outs return with the news that prices and demand had increased on other islands also and that what had erroneously been considered to be a series of relative price and demand shifts turned out to have affected all islands equally . |
| 2 | Between 1974 and 1986 there had also been two tiers in Greater London and the six metropolitan counties in England , but this position was changed from 1 April 1986 , when the upper-tier authorities were abolished . |
| 3 | Now my twenty first birthday I 'd never had a copper for weeks , w e had n't got anything , anything at all , and all we got really was the old fashioned dog biscuits . |
| 4 | Her burst of temper had left her empty , drained of feeling , and all she wanted now was to crawl away somewhere to lick her wounds in private . |
| 5 | ‘ When I got back , I switched the tape on and all I got out was ‘ Small and tanned and young and lovely the girl from Ipanema goes walking … |
| 6 | However , J. came to the decision that enough was enough and all he wanted now was to get out of the RAF and pursue a civilian career . |
| 7 | Peter married a woman with two sons , aged non and 12. he had always been impressed by the boys ' good behaviour and had n't realised it was because their mother hits them whenever they do the slightest thing wrong . |
| 8 | Most of the points had been raised before and those which had not been raised most certainly could have been . |
| 9 | Naturalists of any repute were soon expected to go on expeditions , and those who did not were criticised for their lack of field experience . |
| 10 | ( 1988 ) found that few married people applied for residential care and those who did so were less likely to be admitted than applicants who were single or widowed . |