Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] and [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , a scream stuck in her throat ; the whole , this idiot , an awful truth dawning — all her years , as a drudge , working in the ragstore , a scrooge for every penny , her hopes and dreams for nothing ; her teeth were bared and her eyes stood out and Rubberneck — he had done something awful wrong — rolled over meekly on his belly . |
| 2 | Looking at herself in the mirror she saw that her eyes were swollen and her face blotchy . |
| 3 | Her lips were parted and her breath was coming in quick gasps as though she had been running , the breasts , looking naked under the light silk wrap , rising and falling . |
| 4 | These youths were stopped and their car checked . |
| 5 | Under Dej , the once affluent bourgeois residents of Herastau , the attractive northern suburb of Bucharest , were evicted and their houses occupied by the new élite . |
| 6 | The boys of 602 , sitting at their camp tables reading Picture Post or playing chess were scrambled and their marker moved into the Forth Sector . |
| 7 | The battle went well for Magnus initially : the Chaos forces were scattered and their generals unable to prevent wholesale slaughter . |
| 8 | By then Bragad 's other men had surrendered , for they were surrounded and their lord was captive . |
| 9 | Their calypsos were enjoyed and their company was sought . |
| 10 | gear with my forehead with such force that my goggles , which I was wearing luckily , were shattered and my face badly bruised and bleeding profusely . |
| 11 | In the course of the survey , 50 old-age pensioners were interviewed and their housing preferences noted . |
| 12 | Only 225 boys were interviewed and their results , while interesting ( and , so far as we know , possibly unique ) , will be mentioned only briefly . |
| 13 | How their defences were organised and their life run remains a mystery — in fact the only significant mention of the burhs is to be found in the Burghal Hidage , a tenth-century taxation list . |
| 14 | The House will wish to join me in expressing our sympathy with those who were injured and our hopes for their speedy recovery . |
| 15 | On 29 April Mussolini and his mistress were shot and their bodies hung upside down in Milan . |
| 16 | The Party offices were closed and its workers speeding East in open lorries . |
| 17 | Ken 's eyes were closed and his breathing was horribly loud and erratic . |
| 18 | His eyes were closed and his expression blank . |
| 19 | His eyes were closed and his mind was elsewhere . |
| 20 | His eyes were closed and his face was a terrible colour . |
| 21 | Bigwig 's eyes were closed and his lips pulled back from the long front teeth in a fixed snarl . |
| 22 | ‘ My mother had earned money all her life and brought up three children at the same time seen their noses were wiped and their morals sound . |
| 23 | Their long swords were drawn and their horses ' teeth bared . |
| 24 | Between 1974 and 1986 there were also metropolitan counties , but these were abolished and their powers passed to metropolitan district authorities . |
| 25 | As noted above , however , on 31 March 1986 these six metropolitan counties along with the GLC were abolished and their functions largely relocated to metropolitan district councils ( boroughs in London ) or to non-directly elected joint boards . |
| 26 | In 1985 a further Act was passed which went beyond controlling the operation of existing local governments , when the Greater London Council ( created in 1965 ) and metropolitan county councils ( created in 1974 ) were abolished and their responsibilities transferred either to borough/district councils or to joint authorities of various types . |
| 27 | Soviet technicians , supervising the building of new factories in China , were harassed and their rooms ransacked and searched . |
| 28 | They claim a private surveillance team was engaged by one newspaper to follow them , events and quotes attributed to them in stories were made up , and their family and friends were harassed and their privacy invaded . |
| 29 | The distal third part of the small intestine ( ileum ) and the colon were excised and their contents collected . |
| 30 | Many gangs were apprehended and their gear confiscated , most of it ending up in our possession . |