Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [verb] be [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Society was increasingly corrupt , he declared , and values had been turned upside down . |
| 2 | At the conclusion of The Return of the King , the third of the three books — Tolkien always denied they were a trilogy — Frodo and his friends ride back to their lost land , to discover that ‘ they cared about it more than any other place in the world ’ , though its cottages and gardens have been laid waste and replaced by ugly new houses and factories belching smoke ; and they defeat the ruffians who had defiled it and resume the kingdom of little men . |
| 3 | Cuts in oil supply from Russia were jeopardizing Ukraine 's spring sowing , and farmers had been given supplies from the state reserves . |
| 4 | In his account of the rumours surrounding Constantius will , Ammianus points out that the gossip had it that Julian had been instituted heir and friends had been left legacies and trusts . |
| 5 | Statutory rights to management control have been created for workers and enterprises have been given autonomy to plan production . |