Example sentences of "[was/were] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | These games were and still are much loathed by the majority within the Northern protestant community . |
| 2 | It is likely that the inner core of local church laity , such as select vestry members of the Church of Ireland and presbyterian elders , provided and still provide one of the links between the material and spiritual interests of the groups in the alliance , as these laity were and are active in the business and commercial fields also . |
| 3 | The clergy were and still are in a special position , holding power over the laity because of it . |
| 4 | Sometimes they were so drunk they fell asleep where they were and lay without pillows or covers until I returned from work , and then I would rage at them in Arabic , telling them that thanks to them my room was no better than the Italian 's pigsty at home ; we used to spit on the ground whenever we went near it , children and grownups alike , shouting exclamations of disgust , even though all we could see of it was the outer fence . |
| 5 | which were and still are a display of dances that may or may not be applicable to the plot . |
| 6 | The movements were and still are practised because they are designed to display the body as it moves to the best advantage from the audience 's point of view . |
| 7 | They were and still are designed to give that style of dance spaciousness , calm , balance and grace of form so that the lines drawn during the transition from one step an/or pose to another fills the available space in every dimension . |
| 8 | They were not creative artists but they were and still remain for the most part arbiters of technique and the niceties of perfect performance . |
| 9 | Horror stories abound : of the rogue 's law that prevented any port agent who sold directly to fishmongers from ever trading with a Billingsgate merchant again ; of the nepotism that determined who could have a stand in the market ; and of prices that varied according to who you were and whether you had a good introduction . |
| 10 | Of course , there were and are risks in doing that . |
| 11 | Projects financed by multilateral agencies , such as the World Bank , were and are far from immune from this process . |
| 12 | Naturally these rules were and still are interpreted for the economic convenience of society . |
| 13 | What it meant in human terms was that black UK citizens excluded from their own country ( Britain ) were and still are being forced to live in countries where they have no right to live or work . |
| 14 | We will let you know in the September magazine just how good the Ventures were and what went on . |
| 15 | Francis Morgan stood and stared at them , and even before the man stepped forward steadily , hand extended , mouth opening to speak , he understood who they were and what they had come to tell him . |
| 16 | ‘ Could you tell us where you were and what you were doing on those three days , please ? ’ he said , instead , levelly and she gave him another sideways , calculating look . |
| 17 | Some august partnerships , such as Herbert Smith , long disdained the idea of working out what their profitable strengths were and then marketing them hard . |
| 18 | I 've seen her several times and before you rang me at the theatre , she had promised to find out where you were and tell me . ’ |
| 19 | Big lads they were and all . |
| 20 | Mulling over these gloomy thoughts , he climbed the stairs to the gallery where Tammuz' office and labs were and the corridor which led to the rooms he and Zambia had as living quarters . |
| 21 | He knew in each piece exactly where the real climaxes were and he avoided completely the kind of hurrying or dragging which ruins so many performances . |
| 22 | You are stronger than you were and with summer arriving you will once more pick up . |
| 23 | Whatever the criticisms that were and are levied against Nonconformist chapel building in the nineteenth century , no one can deny that it was a tremendous undertaking . |
| 24 | Nonconformists could not win : if they followed normal Victorian uses and imitated the past , whether it was Greek , Gothic , Lombard , Norman or St Paul 's Cathedral , they were and are criticized for not having a new style . |
| 25 | The tables were and would remain empty . |
| 26 | But Saddam did not return her calls , the hostages stayed where they were and Jeff and Ilona were married in her native Budapest last summer . |
| 27 | All the great ‘ voices ’ were and are personalities too ; one is always conscious of the human being behind the voice . |
| 28 | Both men , in fact , were and still are , honestly convinced they have done a first-rate job . |
| 29 | I DID not see the London Marathon this weekend , and so can not complain about it too loudly , but my heartfelt sympathy goes out to those who found themselves confronted by 25,000 runners , all anxious to show how goodhearted they were and what fun they were having . |
| 30 | At some stage , children become stronger than their parents ; they often become more intelligent , quicker-thinking … they may also be better-educated than their parents were and even better-off financially . |