Example sentences of "[vb pp] and was [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suspect the King was surrounded and was lightly wounded by arrows . |
| 2 | It was reported to him that Lizzy 's hair was still golden , but his MSS book stank ; it had to be disinfected and was eventually burned . |
| 3 | But the coroner added that the water system had since been disinfected and was now cleaned out regularly . |
| 4 | I found myself superseded by much younger men , and so resigned and was duly pensioned off . |
| 5 | He had twice been badly wounded and was still hobbling around with a stick when he was given command of Fort Vaux , the smallest of the forts ringing Verdun but crucial to the defence of the important Fort Souville . |
| 6 | Along the inland , mostly mountainous boundary , despite the efforts of the joint delimitation commission , much remained to be clarified and was still causing difficulties in 1980 . |
| 7 | The wheel was never repaired and was eventually broken up for scrap . |
| 8 | One evening Leopold Zborowski , a Polish poet , came to look at the modern paintings exhibited and was immediately taken by Modigliani 's remarkable talent . |
| 9 | Some members of staff at the school felt that it had suffered and was still suffering from the effects of the reorganization . |
| 10 | Markby asked twice if she were cold and she knew he 'd noticed and was politely trying to find out what was wrong . |
| 11 | Perhaps the woman had already met Jesus previously , had changed her immoral life , in so doing had realised that her sins had been forgiven and was now showing gratitude for this . |
| 12 | Mr Nellis was also treated and was later released . |
| 13 | The village school attended by my father was a Church school : it had been founded and was originally funded by the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church ( was there ever a more eloquent title ? ) . |
| 14 | Following a meeting of the National Examinations Board of Embalmers on 19th October 1990 , which was attended by representatives from the National Education Committee and Tutors Guild , a report was produced and was also published in The Embalmer . |
| 15 | Jefferson , whose eloquence on the theme of natural equality is constantly reiterated and was even written into the American Declaration of Independence , remained a slave owner to the end of his life . |
| 16 | Our plane landed and was immediately surrounded by children from the school , although the arrival of aircraft is no great novelty in the many villages in the region that have an airstrip but no access by road . |
| 17 | Clarke v. Clarke [ 1990 ] 2 F.L.R. 115 , was an appeal from a county court , in which Form N79 as served on the contemnor contained no particulars of the findings upon which the committal was based and was only served on the contemnor 13 days after his committal . |
| 18 | Her hair never looked unkempt , but always shone as if newly brushed and was usually tied in a pony-tail with well-ironed blue or pink ribbon . |
| 19 | In one post the English applicant was shortlisted and was subsequently withdrawn — after which the Asian applicant was shortlisted . |
| 20 | However , in school their energy was not always tapped and was sometimes directed towards disrupting the school or , as one pupil said : ‘ to get our own back on them for the way they have treated us ’ . |
| 21 | This continued until a drop-off in the number of pedestrians was found and was then recorded on a graph and in a table . |
| 22 | Ariadne announced that the pictures on the back page with what some call funny captions were to be axed and was promptly beaten up by post and battered into continuing . |
| 23 | Unsatisfied with this development , Edward even began to claim his sede vacante rights retrospectively : thus a benefice which was empty when a new bishop was appointed and was subsequently filled in the normal way by him , was sometimes claimed by Edward to be unlawfully filled , the patronage belonging by regalian right to the crown , even though the king had not exercised this during the vacancy of the see . |
| 24 | A 120-member policy-making Sandinista assembly was also elected and was formally elevated to be the FSLN 's superior body despite expectations that the DN would not be answerable to it . |
| 25 | Our Minister Mr. Robinson entred as a subscriber three years past and one man was sent and was soon sent back uncucarable which year was as I understand settled and a Declaration was sent to Declair off … |
| 26 | A National Rivers Authority report , published in November but leaked in October , discloses that the water quality in 5,869km of British rivers ( or 15 per cent ) , 371km of canals and 83km or estuaries declined and was officially downgraded between 1985 and 1990 . |
| 27 | He was often broke and was gradually forced to sell off his library . |
| 28 | Like Dr Neil , J.D. thought how much she had changed and was still changing . |
| 29 | Representatives of Clwyd MC kindly volunteered to organise this meeting at date and venue reported ( it has subsequently been held and was well attended ) . |
| 30 | He had something up his sleeve … an idea had germinated and was already going into action . |