Example sentences of "[adj] and [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boats surrounded the whales , drove them into nets , where they became enmeshed and were rendered helpless by harpoon thrusts . |
| 2 | She arrived sixteen weeks early and was kept alive by the skills of staff at Stoke Mandeville Hospital 's special care baby unit . |
| 3 | It remained painted grey and was numbered 056 . |
| 4 | The outside door beyond the kitchen scraped open and was banged shut . |
| 5 | Incidentally , the cattle of Landes used to be treated with great care as draught oxen ( they were never overworked and were given special headgear to ward off flies ) but were also used in amateur ‘ bull races ’ in which bad-tempered oxen and cows were teased into charging at people . |
| 6 | the fact that the bereavement sum of £3,500 is arbitrary and was set five years ago . |
| 7 | A tall young woman , with hair that looked thick and wild and was streaked blonde as though she had cavorted under the sun all the days of her life . |