Example sentences of "and was [adj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this tight community , he had been guaranteed his job back , and was due to start on the coming Monday . |
| 2 | Independents won seven seats and two were reserved for guerrillas who gave up their arms ; it was anticipated that these would be allocated to representatives of the Workers ' Revolutionary Party ( PRT ) , a guerrilla group which signed a peace pact with the government on Dec. 28 and was due to disarm in the far northern province of Sucre on Jan. 26 . |
| 3 | He had been selected from hundreds of applicants with stars in their eyes by producer Harry Adair , and was due to appear at the Broadcasting House auditions on Saturday . |
| 4 | The cow , worth thousands of pounds , had been champion of several shows and was due to appear at the National Dairy Event in Warwickshire next weekend . |
| 5 | Even so , Dr Neil 's modest home was larger and better appointed than most around Vetch Street , and was vast compared with the one stifling room she had briefly occupied in Crow Court . |
| 6 | The South Korean government rejected the proposal as containing nothing new , and was unwilling to agree to the participation of opposition parties or to allow the conference invitations to be delivered directly to Seoul . |
| 7 | Giles Aplin rode from Burford and was delighted to learn of the improvement in her condition . |
| 8 | Nymansay is reckoned to be the hardiest , and was first grown in the gardens of Nymans in West Sussex . |
| 9 | The work , a large-scale choral requiem with the subtitle ‘ Requiem for those we love ’ , dates from 1946 and was first performed by the man who commissioned it , Robert Shaw , in Atlanta that year . |
| 10 | Some seven hundred miles east of Madagascar , Mauritius lay on the direct sea route to the Spice Islands , and was first settled by the Dutch until the French moved in during 1715 , leaving indelible traces in the form of place names , cuisine , architecture and language . |
| 11 | This excess was not significant and was insufficient to account for the increased rates of leukaemia in the area . |
| 12 | Eva herself had a " natural sense of leadership but fitted very well into the staff team and was content to serve to the utmost of her powers as she was directed by her leaders " . |
| 13 | Piphros ' vocabulary was indeed limited and was unable to cope with the complexity of some of the things she had asked . |
| 14 | It was unable to account for the details of the orbit of the planet Mercury and was unable to account for the variable mass of fast-moving electrons in discharge tubes . |
| 15 | In his latter years he created an elaborate water garden at the cottage ornée he had built for himself on the outskirts of Plymouth , and was wont to drive round the streets of the town in a gig disguised as a Roman war chariot , looking , in Wightwick 's words ‘ ( as far as his true English face and costume allowed ) like Ictinus of the Parthenon , ‘ out for a lark ’ . ’ |
| 16 | Edward for his part had to accommodate himself to political and financial realities , and was prepared to compromise with the commons in return for taxes , though he would not give way on the fundamental issue of the right to choose his own councillors . |
| 17 | Claudia was at last putting her unhappiness to one side and was ready to concentrate on the all-important show . |
| 18 | It is reported that on discharge from hospital on the thirty-sixth postoperative day " he appeared to have perfectly normal powers of comprehension of the spoken word " and was able to refer to the medical and nursing staff by name . |
| 19 | When Dustin heard news of the ensuing blaze , he rushed back to the scene , and was able to push through the gaping crowds to pull three of his modern paintings and a Tiffany lampshade from the smoke-filled Federal-style building , before the police prevented him from re-entering the house . |
| 20 | It became a part of the official women 's movement and was able to push for the rights of the professional woman artist . |
| 21 | At this point Sally also appeared at the door and was able to intervene between the two bristling males . |
| 22 | Timmy was a natural games player and was quick to profit from the tips his father gave him . |
| 23 | But the westbound Route 80 continued in the tradition of the best East German roads and was difficult to follow in the snowy landscape without the hedgerows and markers that western drivers take for granted . |
| 24 | But he had quite simply changed his mind — and was willing to pay for the privilege ( usually a woman 's , he commented ) . |