Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hardline leadership admitted for the first time it regretted the exodus , admitted there were problems and conceded it might be partly to blame . |
| 2 | Do this to all your doors , not just the exterior ones , and treat any panes of glass in doors as though they were windows and give them some sort of double glazing . |
| 3 | Notable losses were Bailey and Read who had become professors at Glasgow and Liverpool respectively . |
| 4 | The two men were about the same age , nearing fifty ; both were of the lean kind with strong features and over-thin lips ; both were taciturn and found it difficult to put ideas into words . |
| 5 | He made a radio receiver when we were children and set it up on the main bridge over the Salzach . |
| 6 | All of these people , apart from the NHS ambulance , were volunteers and giving their time and energies willingly and without charge . |
| 7 | They snarled at them as if they were criminals and took their papers as if they 'd like to tear them to shreds . |
| 8 | Earlier yesterday Constable Sandra Dougan told Belfast Coroner 's Court Moore was ‘ lying ’ when he had claimed they were lovers and insisted they were just ‘ friends ’ . |
| 9 | Even then , he believed there was hope and persuaded her that they should take a holiday together . |
| 10 | A corrody was board and lodging which normally such houses sold to applicants ; the precise terms varied , often specifying the accommodation as well of servants and horses , and going into details of food and firewood . |
| 11 | I discovered that time was money and threw myself into cleaning offices , restaurants and hospitals . |
| 12 | Remembering his own thoughts as he walked towards the door last night , not knowing it was Laura , thinking it was Alexandra and feeling his freewheeling lifestyle threatened , his macho image slightly dented , he realized he must be mad . |
| 13 | Seeing a youth of about 17 about to cycle away , Harry whispered that he was RAF and did he know anyone who could help . |
| 14 | The president was well informed on both the oil industry in Colombia and LASMO 's involvement in it , but it was rock and roll which provided a high point at the end of the meeting when Lord Rees presented him with a specially acquired gold disc of his favourite group , the Rolling Stones . |
| 15 | You will tell me if you find it was murder and give me the name of the murderer . |
| 16 | Mr Crangle had tried to persuade him all night not to take the Bookman away but all Mr Slipper had done was smile and ask him not to be so unfriendly . |
| 17 | All he could do was smile and wriggle his toes in delight . |
| 18 | His body clock free-ran so that on occasions he was the victim of a clash between an internal cause — which thought it was night and wanted him to sleep — and an external cause , society — which required him to work in the ( real ) daytime . |
| 19 | All he 'd do was sit and drink himself stupid . |
| 20 | I told my boyfriend who was horrorstruck and took myself off to a lesbian students ' conference . |
| 21 | Stunned by the images of her own mind , all she could do was clench and unclench her fists , praying the numbing effect she had encouraged would disappear as quickly as Rune had implied . |
| 22 | The ideal woman was of , was purity and doing your duty and domestic . |
| 23 | Well , she would take down all these curtains when there was time and get them to the launderette , but meanwhile … |