Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [was/were] [vb pp] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and Sir David accordingly set upon this final crucial lap of their preparations and to witness the unswerving determination with which they persevered in the face of repeated frustrations was a humbling experience ; countless letters and telegrams were dispatched and his lordship himself made three separate trips to Paris within the space of two months . |
| 2 | Although there was an ‘ official ’ village community within which landowners , farmers and clergy were included and which was occasionally celebrated in traditional ( and public ) rituals and ceremonies , there was another community , a locally based working-class sub-culture , which excluded ‘ them ’ in authority . |
| 3 | Just before dawn on 1 October , six generals and brigadiers were murdered and their bodies thrown down a well at a nearby military base , Halim . |
| 4 | Roads were blocked and gardens were swamped but it carried on raining . |
| 5 | Search parties and helicopters were alerted after he failed to make a rendez-vous . |
| 6 | Even the surrounding sounds of birds and cicadas were hushed as his throbbing ululations resounded off the cliffs above us and through the bamboo forest . |
| 7 | ‘ His hearing aid and glasses were smashed so there must have been a bit of a tussle , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Five years later the Meeting considered another problem and in its wisdom inverted the common law assumption that an accusation was not a conviction : ‘ The Case of Mr. H. R — — — was brought before the Church , who had misconducted himself and at the recommendation of the Pastor and Officers was suspended until his guilt was proved . ’ |
| 9 | The two sisters had converted the stables attached to their home , Miller 's House in Lewes , into a studio which during the war had become a kind of arts centre , where exhibitions , lectures and concerts were held and which received support and encouragement from eminent names . |
| 10 | They claim a private surveillance team was engaged by one newspaper to follow them , events and quotes attributed to them in stories were made up , and their family and friends were harassed and their privacy invaded . |
| 11 | Eleven of the most vicious dogs were destroyed and others were tranquillised before their owner 's body could be brought out . |
| 12 | ‘ No , sir , but the food and clothes were gone when I next went that way , ’ Barrymore told me . |
| 13 | After three weeks of uncertainty the Nestor arrived in port and hopes were raised that she would sail the following day . |