Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] and [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To begin with , however , the moment of opportunity that was presented in Vietnam by France 's defeat in 1940 was taken by the Japanese ; and although Ho might conceivably and eventually have been right in his optimistic assertion that ‘ if the entire people were united and single minded they would certainly be able to smash the picked French and Japanese armies ’ , the vicissitudes of war and politics would ensure that , for a while at least , they would not be required for such a formidable task . |
| 2 | The figure 's three times more than Spurs were offering and Swindon say they 're delighted , although they wo n't get the full amount themselves . |
| 3 | No warning was given and police say they face an impossible task in fighting this kind of terrorism . |
| 4 | Nothing was resolved and Athelstan felt he had failed to take a decisive role . |
| 5 | ‘ It came just at the time Michael 's voice was breaking and Britten wanted him in that part , so he rewrote it as a young tenor . |
| 6 | Ranulf 's face was flushed and Corbett surmised he had been sampling some of the tavern 's heady ale . |
| 7 | It 's more than two months since Jim Eggleton was murdered and police say they 're still no closer to solving the case . |