Example sentences of "[verb] it [was/were] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they ‘ d just seen was an excerpt from his full-length film Is There Sex After Death ? , a blue movie parody that he ‘ d made on a very tight budget — so tight in fact that the only way he could think of promoting it was to call a press conference — of a sort ! |
| 2 | She would n't give any explanation , so I assumed it was to collect a present that was too big to hide at home , like a bike or something . |
| 3 | Managers were yesterday working on plans for a buyout to save up to 1,400 jobs at the Birmingham factory and a management team at the Washwood Heath van plant confirmed it was developing a take-over plan . |
| 4 | Managers were yesterday working on plans for a buyout to save up to 1,400 jobs at the Birmingham factory and a management team at the Washwood Heath van plant confirmed it was developing a take-over plan . |
| 5 | so they 're trying to corner it and it 's munching on grass quite happily , you could see it was watching a minute , but it was watching them away and I think er any minute it 's looking out the corner of its eye and then it 's just gon na go when he sees it getting closer . |
| 6 | I discovered it was to become a community centre — but not for eighteen months . |
| 7 | Our opinion survey in Chapter 6 showed that most voters felt television news on both networks was unbiased ; but amongst the minority who felt it was biased a majority thought it was biased towards the Conservatives and against both Labour and the Alliance . |
| 8 | It knew it was playing a role in history , and it rose to the occasion . |
| 9 | he was out moaning again yesterday , so I just thought it was getting a bit long round where the old septic tank used to be oh sha n't and we 've done Tesco 's so that clock 's right is n't it ? |
| 10 | The sale was first mooted last October , but Hanson took out the injunction after Costain later announced it was concluding a sale with Altus , a venture-capital subsidiary of Credit Lyonnais , the French bank . |
| 11 | I hope that the last part in my motion now translated it was suggesting a resolution by officers with the amendments regards was further Department of the Environment who actually prevent such a situation . |
| 12 | If the parking of staff cars is allowed it was felt a precedent would be created and the parking of customers ' cars would then be a natural progression . |
| 13 | I wonder whether whoever did it was making a gesture in the direction of the Bishop , as if to say ‘ This is your beloved son ’ . ’ |
| 14 | Get a a small piece , you could buy a I think it was called a side of leather or a whole piece of leather and cut yourselves out of it.And erm leather was n't cheap even in those days , it varied in thickness . |
| 15 | The hospital spokesman said it was believed a smoke alarm was set off by someone having a cigarette in a toilet . |
| 16 | The group said it was compiling a list of companies with ‘ an interest in destroying the tropical forest ’ . |
| 17 | Last month , 3i said it was closing a quarter of its regional offices . |
| 18 | Usually anyone who obviously wanted it was given a chance to try his/her hand at dealing — unless he appeared too pompous . |