Example sentences of "was [verb] and [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final list was amended and typed on lavender-coloured notepaper by his political secretary Marcia Williams , who had become Lady Falkender in 1974 . |
| 2 | First , central government set up the Civil Contingencies Unit ( CCU ) , a formal institution based in the cabinet office whose brief was to monitor and respond to industrial disputes in key industries . |
| 3 | He was blindfolded and taken to Secret Police headquarters . |
| 4 | M was dismissed and complained of unfair dismissal . |
| 5 | In 1889 , a Mission Church was given and erected in Upper Halling by Lieut. |
| 6 | Andrea Palladio ( 1518–1580 ) the Italian architect , was revered and studied by English architects , who built adaptations of Italian palaces in England , but by the end of the century it was the Adam brothers who were having the greatest influence . |
| 7 | Largely at Mr Shillington 's expense , the unfinished church was completed and opened for public worship in 1802 . |
| 8 | A number of churches here survived the Turkish occupation , but were lost in the nineteenth century when the capital of the newly independent Greece was re-organised and planned on broad lines . |
| 9 | Initially track was lifted and transported from redundant industrial sidings in St. Helens , and , in later years from sites at Port Sunlight and Preston . |
| 10 | During the visit Venkataraman inaugurated the 336 MW Chhukha hydroelectric project in Bhutan which was designed and built with full Indian technical and financial assistance and which would export 85 per cent of its power to India . |
| 11 | requiring travel through the town centre , the town centre that was designed and built for horse-drawn traffic . |
| 12 | The museum room was designed and created by Corporate Communications ‘ Archives Section . |
| 13 | The disulphate ester of ursodeoxycholyl-β-aminobenzoic acid ( PABA-UDCA ) was synthesised and compated with PABA-UDCA for its use in detection of intestinal bacteria . |
| 14 | Blue Boar was dropped and replaced by Blue Steel Mk 1 , an inertially guided cruise missile with a range of 100 nautical miles that eventually came into service with the V Force in 1962 as part of Britain 's Independent Nuclear Deterrent . |
| 15 | The mill was owned and operated by successive members of the Tayloe family for over a century , until it was eventually sold by Hester Tayloe . |
| 16 | Moreover , the policing of the picket line was organised and controlled by local police officers according to a ‘ hearts and minds ’ philosophy : the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire sensibly recognised that almost every family in Sheffield had connections with the steelworkers and was keen to ensure that the police did not alienate themselves from the wider community . |
| 17 | A woman in her late forties was attacked and assaulted in broad daylight near the H-five Portway in the centre of the city , less than a mile from where the previous attacks happened . |
| 18 | A relieving officer was attacked and robbed on successive days ; the Ampthill House of Industry was stoned and the High Constable knocked down . |
| 19 | On the contrary , his remarks suggest that the Ulster tendency was towards fronting and raising and that the most salient Belfast feature was fronting and raising in velar environments ( 1860 : 15 ) . |
| 20 | In December 1937 he applied for a short-service commission in the RAF and to his evident amazement was accepted and sent for elementary flying training in 90 m.p.h . |
| 21 | But his body was twisted and covered with matted hair ; his legs were short , his arms were long ; his feet resembled cloven hooves and his fingers were claws . |
| 22 | The Strone and Maukinhill Information Education Project was operated and controlled by local residents and financially supported by the local education authority . |
| 23 | According to one source , a bird of prey protected by Maltese law was shot and killed in full view of the minister during his visit to Mizieb . |
| 24 | Planning permission was sought and granted at breakneck speed and the foundations were already being excavated for twenty-four executive-type four to five bedroom ‘ dwelling units ’ with two garages apiece but no gardens . |
| 25 | It was written and painted with outstanding expertise about the year 800 AD in a monastery scriptorium , but it is impossible to identify where this monastery was located . |
| 26 | He stood by the plant for a while , listening to the noise of the big shaker where the shingle was washed and sorted through different sized screens into the hoppers . |
| 27 | ‘ Second Empire style ’ was copied and transplanted to other European capitals , and even to the New World and it was so closely identified with the Emperor himself that it was sometimes referred to as Style Napoléon III . |
| 28 | The recognition and acceptance of the mysteries of mortality , earthly hubris , privilege and their futility were carried through two thousand years , as this epic was copied and repeated in different versions . |
| 29 | He was jeered and cheered in equal measure by a group of about 100 students at the entrance . |
| 30 | The Earl of Moira was one candidate who , having been so treated , was wrapped and bound in pseudo-Egyptian fashion prior to being deposited in his ancestral vault . |