Example sentences of "and [pron] was [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ambulance came and I was filled with delicious brandy but was instantly sick when I got to Imtarfa Hospital . |
| 2 | My mother found me floating face downwards and I was saved by artificial respiration . |
| 3 | My mother called an usherette to have me removed , and I was handed into strange-smelling arms behind a bright beam that dazzled me . |
| 4 | One witness said a security video at a takeaway restaurant which captured two men running down Pitteville Street in Cheltenham , and which was shown on Central South News , prompted her to make a statement to the police . |
| 5 | Coenred , son of Wulfhere , was a man of at least 30 years of age , possibly older , who abdicated five years later in 709 to live as a monk at Rome ( HE V , 19 , 24 ) and who was succeeded by Aethelred 's son , Ceolred . |
| 6 | hippopotamus goddess , a benign divinity who helped women in childbirth and who was associated with domestic life . |
| 7 | The one unshaded light bulb shone continuously down at her , and she was kept in complete silence . |
| 8 | She considered her fear , and with it the probability that before long Johnny would find her again , and she was shaken by unreasoning panic . |
| 9 | Her bright hair was hidden under a sunhat , and she was disguised with dark glasses , but no one had shown the slightest interest in her . |
| 10 | If not , a new selection process was required : all the adults in the household were listed and one was selected at random ; this happened in 30 per cent of households . |
| 11 | Thirteen would have been unable to cope with the elimination regimen for social reasons or because of poor understanding , eight had tight small intestinal strictures , and eight were on high dose steroids ( both of which would have made the results difficult to interpret ) , four refused , two were treated for postoperative fistulas , two were pregnant , and one was treated for extensive pyoderma gangrenosum and had no gastrointestinal symptoms . |
| 12 | In two councils the UNP 's ally , the Ceylon Workers ' Congress , was successful , and one was won by pro-UNP independents . |
| 13 | There was a great sprinkling of naval reserve men and ex-army men present and everything was done with military precision . |
| 14 | Obviously John had no time to investigate the theory , and probably he would not have bothered anyway , since it looks convincing and he was given to quick enthusiasms . |
| 15 | Lord Taylor said medical reports on Newton stated he had acted under acute stress while his emotional control and judgment were impaired and he was overcome by extreme anxiety and anger . |
| 16 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence , and he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenging him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 17 | And he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenged him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 18 | The care and attention he received was first class throughout his stay and although he missed out on a family Christmas at home , the staff more than made up for it and he was showered with extra presents which helped to speed his recovery . |
| 19 | His legs were wrapped in a tartan rug and he was fortressed by small tables , stools , a frame to help lever himself upright . |
| 20 | He was taken to another hospital where a diagnosis of vertigo due to otitis media was made , and he was discharged on oral antibiotics . |
| 21 | Many were convinced of Thornton 's guilt and he was assailed in local and London newspapers . |
| 22 | Other craftsmen emulated him , and he was praised by scientific writers . |
| 23 | This was by far the most fertile area I had as yet seen in the Danakil country , and it was dotted with small villages of mat-covered huts . |
| 24 | It started to pour in and it was compared with previous . |
| 25 | Four voices , more or less unbroken , were singing the old Drifter 's classic ‘ Stand By Me ’ , and it was followed by ragged Turkish applause . |
| 26 | Either local cultivators and pastoralists were cleared from the land completely and it was reserved for European immigrants , or in some cases ( like Uganda and larger parts of Tanganyika ) local cultivators were encouraged , or forced , to grow crops for sale either as export crops or as food crops to feed the mining workforces in southern Africa ( for longer accounts of the processes of settler immigration and colonial policies , see Rodney 1972 ; Palmer & Parsons 1977 ) . |
| 27 | By 1886 La Chapelle covered 60 hectares of land , and it was lit by electric light from 1877 . |
| 28 | It rose higher than the surrounding buildings and it was lit by clerestory windows below roof level . |
| 29 | The cake was fully eighteen inches in diameter and it was covered with dark-brown chocolate icing . |
| 30 | It stood out , jagged and broken like a decaying tooth , and it was covered with pale pink roses . |