Example sentences of "and [adj] that [verb] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throwing back his head , he looked for the last time at the cloud-torn sky , and begged the Lord to watch over them and keep them safe ; and then he was gone , and all that remained was the surging waves and the cold , white crests of foam . |
| 2 | But her voice seemed to have been swept overboard somewhere in mid-voyage , and all that emerged was a croak . |
| 3 | However , in spite of having continually plundered Arabia through the centuries and taken thousands of its best horses , by the beginning of this century few of their descendants remained and those that did were in a very sorry state of deterioration . |
| 4 | But he held such a plurality of rich benefices already ( reckoned at £750–£900 p.a. ) that , with his £100 salary on top , only certain bishoprics were worth considering : by chance , next to none of these fell vacant in his time and those that did were too politically important to fall to him . |
| 5 | Not a great deal of intervention took place , and most that did was directed towards small companies in ‘ high-tech ’ sectors , which tended to be located in the south of England . |