Example sentences of "and was [adj] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it remained weekly until after independence and was unable to compete on equal terms with the pro-Welensky , pro-Federation daily Northern News . |
| 2 | He was the most eloquent and persuasive participant at meetings and was hard to defeat in scientific argument — not least because he often interpreted data more correctly than the actual presenter . |
| 3 | The party supported a free-market economy and was prepared to co-operate with other parties to create a national movement to protect human rights in Cambodia . |
| 4 | In a feature interview with Percy Grainger next day I found him to be a charming and modest man , and was glad to write in glowing terms of his keyboard mastery , his repertoire , and his travels . |
| 5 | It had bony armour along its back , and was able to run in rapid spurts on long legs . |
| 6 | She intended to stay there , and was willing to retrench in other ways so that she could continue to live in Thrush Green among her friends , and also have room to entertain more distant friends who would be invited to stay . |