Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] [conj] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thoresby 's contents were duly auctioned or removed and a major historic ensemble was completely dispersed . |
| 2 | Many of the dancers were already showered and changed and out of the building . |
| 3 | Emily Davison and friends such as Mary Leigh , Rose Lamartine Yates , Elinor Penn-Gaskell , Edith Mansell-Moullin , Mabel Capper , and Gladys Evans represented the socialist and pacifist opposition within the WSPU : women who were nationally known and admired and consequently could not be banished from the organization . |
| 4 | Perfectionism is out of place in war and the practical problem was to condemn and ground those gliders which were dangerously attacked and to detect and stop the rot in those in which the attack was trivial . |
| 5 | We were out of our depth in the sea , and I suppose we forgot to tread water in the excitement of the moment and the next thing I knew , we were both submerged and choking and spluttering as we pushed our way back to the surface . |
| 6 | From the pasta brunch laid on by Sonning prior to our departure , through the several , most welcome pints in Royston 's Orchard Bar to the morning coffee at Cresswell and the celebratory buffet lunch provided by Burslem , we were well fed and watered and made to feel most welcome . |