Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 I accidentally spilt some soft drink on the bench where we had lunch , and in a minute a dozen skinks had homed in and were lapping up the liquid .
2 The two were never in danger and were helped down the trail by the men whose job it is to protect all presidents and vice-presidents .
3 At the height of the violence in the early hours of the morning at Wymott jail in Leyland , Lancashire , about 400 rioters had seized control and were smashing up the jail .
4 Somehow the virtual reality had overflowed the confines of that simulated chamber , and was taking over the entire broadcast .
5 She was wearing the white apron she had for cookery classes at school and was tidying up the house because the doctor was coming .
6 I 'd been down the prom on my bike , and was riding up the posh part to our street .
7 He says : ‘ I wanted to sign them both and was sorting out the work permit side of it when I was dismissed .
8 He was made justiciar and chamberlain of both north and south Wales and was to take over the offices of constable and steward of royal lands in Wales as they fell vacant .
9 He was made justiciar and chamberlain of both north and south Wales and was to take over the offices of constable and steward of royal lands in Wales as they fell vacant .
10 And then he 'd waited there , too ashamed to face other nomes , until the car went back to wherever it came from , and had got off , and was living out the rest of his life quietly and without any fuss .
11 He was quite near Philip now and was climbing up the bank towards the spot where Philip had thrown the stone .
12 He left the Operations Room and was running up the Pit transport belt when Cheryl Russell swung in from a side corridor and very nearly cannoned into him .
13 In a minute she had rushed from the house and was running down the garden .
14 1836 It was moved that the dinner which had been assessed on the public be discontinued and was carried on the casting vote of the Chairman .
15 Father Crispin had unfortunately just knocked over a wine cup and was cleaning up the mess with a napkin .
16 ‘ The priest was so preoccupied he did n't see the van and was heading up the ramp when I stopped him . ’
17 Clare was let off the residential weekend which is a normal part of the selection process and was taken on the strength of her interview and written application .
18 Denied its usual egress , the river had burst its banks and was pouring down the fire-ravaged streets .
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