Example sentences of "and was [vb pp] when [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old dictator , General Augusto Pinochet , called a referendum that he hoped would confirm him in power , and was baffled when he lost it . |
| 2 | The duchess caused more ill-feeling and was jeered when she jumped hour-long queues on the slopes . |
| 3 | Wickham had been proud of her , and was devastated when she said they should separate . |
| 4 | The woman had become suicidally depressed while pregnant with her previous two children and was devastated when she found herself accidentally pregnant again . |
| 5 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |