Example sentences of "and was [adv] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listening to the conversation in which Midnight had no part , she felt a sudden pity for him which increased the sense of gratitude already there , and was slightly surprised when the foppish Randall asked him a direct question : |
| 2 | But needed some kind of help : she 'd spoken about it for months before and was utterly thrilled when Jay drawled an interest . |
| 3 | I trusted his judgement and was hugely relieved when he agreed . |
| 4 | The author of the Saturday article thought that the chances of the four schemes being selected for detailed examination were very remote and was probably surprised when the judges awarded prizes to all four , albeit rather low prizes . |
| 5 | He failed to win in three starts and was particularly disappointing when runner-up here back in February . |
| 6 | 3.05:THE lightly-raced HIGHLAND DRESS made an impressive belated debut at Newbury last month , and was not disgraced when unsuited by the slow gallop at Newmarket eight days ago . |
| 7 | Thus a defendant who has no knowledge of the falsity ( and was not reckless as to it ) when the brochure was published , could still lie guilty if he had acquired that knowledge before the brochure was subsequently read . |
| 8 | He heard the faintest splash , and was not sure whether it was inside or out . |
| 9 | Marsh went away and was not silly for he came back with a micro-testing machine which worked , which he had designed and built himself . |
| 10 | The reduced prevalence of stitches was associated with the decrease in episiotomies and was not significant when episiotomies were excluded ( 436/798 ) ( 55% ) in 1984 and 467/880 ( 53% ) in 1989 . ) |
| 11 | She had been waiting for him to bring up the subject and was not surprised when he did so that very evening , although not , as she had anticipated , because of the eminently satisfactory report from her gynaecologist but for another reason altogether . |
| 12 | Observers , Alice knew , there would certainly be ; and was not surprised when goose-girl Muriel said she would attend . |
| 13 | In the end he gave up trying to analyse his own feelings , or even totally understand them , and lay there relaxed , listening for the slow , regular breathing of sleep , and was n't sure if he detected it or not — The door opened briefly at one point and a young man 's voice said " Shit , " but Graham did n't even turn to look ; he knew it could be nothing which would disturb them . |
| 14 | Rangers got no joy , either , from a referee who had turned down a first-half penalty claim for hand ball and was similarly unmoved when Huistra fell after making contact with Dykstra . |
| 15 | He tried to get a post at the British Museum , and was most indignant when it went to George Children , a friend of Davy and thus possessing superior patronage . |
| 16 | Increase in production in almost all cases came through livestock and livestock products and was most likely because of a reduction in losses . |
| 17 | I decided on the latter and was again pleased when I managed to haul myself to safety at the top of the boulder . |
| 18 | I had such hopes for them , and was even pleased when , at the age of seven , Paheri asked to enter the priesthood . |
| 19 | Notts County manager Neil Warnock liked what he saw and was even happier after the 6ft 4in giant foiled Peterborough in a storming debut . |
| 20 | On his return , Keller was Swiss champion again in 1955 and was bitterly disappointed when the Swiss chose to boycott the 1956 Olympics after the Russian intervention in Hungary . |
| 21 | Eb RNA expression was assumed to represent two copies of the Eb gene per genome , and was approximately constant as compared to β-actin for all transgenic mouse lines tested . |
| 22 | The Captain , Commander Bayldon , went to Portsmouth to interview some Marine Pensioners for the Steward 's replacement and was presumably successful as Sergeant Hembury and his wife were employed shortly after at £1 10s. 0d. per week , plus board and lodging . |
| 23 | I would have defended it and its people to the death and was understandably disillusioned when , on my arrival , I was beaten to a pulp because of the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 . |
| 24 | The vociferous one had a cape and a velvet waistcoat and was either more than a little tipsy , or had been so so often he could behave no other way . |
| 25 | Piubello et al found acid hypersecretion in a group of 21 chronic alcoholic patients and the peak acid output values in these patients were similar to those measured in patients with duodenal ulcers and was significantly higher than those in control groups . |
| 26 | On the other hand , platelet sensitivity to ADP was exaggerated in retinopathy patients studied by Khosla et al and was significantly greater than that in diabetics without retinopathy ( Khosla et al , 1979 ) . |
| 27 | ‘ Younger brothers always are , ’ she replied sagely , out of deep experience , and was very pleased when , as she had half expected , Tom laughed . |
| 28 | He asked what kind of a car Hank had and was very encouraging when Hank told him that he and his friend Ian were going to rebuild one . |
| 29 | ‘ He had n't been beaten for a long time , and was very confident so I think defeat came as a bit of a shock . |
| 30 | This probably accounted for the fact that she was not on duty at the theatre as much as she should have been and was very moody when she was there . |