Example sentences of "[verb] it was [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was felt it was in the public interest to look at the company which was already insolvent , ’ said a DTI spokeswoman . |
| 2 | When she woke it was to the incessant chattering of the wheels against the rails and Emily thought she would never arrive at her destination . |
| 3 | The judge was impressed but reckoned it was in the wrong section . |
| 4 | Well whatever it was , I know it was in the forties . |
| 5 | We know nothing of her months there , and we only know that when she returned it was with the dark inner side of her nature woken , so that she must be kept chained and guarded . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose it was about the overdue ship . ’ |
| 7 | After a brief examination , it became evident that the lady 's pain was coming from her right kidney , and as it was in waves , or ‘ colicky ’ , my aunt was led to believe it was from the renal vein — which leads into the kidney — and as this organ felt hard , a conclusion was reached that our patient probably had a kidney-stone blocking the hollow vein . |
| 8 | I guess it was like the primitive interrogation techniques both malais and FAKINTIL were not above resorting to : you could see the stratagem but that did n't stop it from being effective . |
| 9 | Despite his brotherly teasing and criticisms , he was devoted to her and would not be speaking in this fashion unless he felt it was for the best . |
| 10 | We felt it was in the public interest to test security there . |
| 11 | ‘ Anyway , ’ Miss Rene continued , ‘ immediately we saw this we knew it was of the highest quality . |
| 12 | When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time . |
| 13 | Yeah , I thought it was about the best one ever . |
| 14 | I thought it was at the tenth anniversary , every five years after that , I did n't realise that came into , John said it was . |
| 15 | I thought it was for the best . |
| 16 | I thought it was on the right hand side as you went into village . |
| 17 | I thought it was on the main road ? |
| 18 | I reali I realized it was on the same day Mark . |
| 19 | But the way he did it was with the same connections he defied , and to get into serious racing in his early days , he got a bank to give him credit and a sponsor to give him some backing : though he had n't , of his own , a sou in the world . |
| 20 | Yes , fish it was for the mental energy to face our new situation . |
| 21 | Now the editors have picked out some plums to make up a poets ' special - from Eliot and Auden , through Allen Ginsberg ( 'I think it was about the same time that I was having these Blake visions ' ) to John Ashbery and the delightful Elizabeth Bishop . |
| 22 | But he said it was on the 15th , and that 's Thursday . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ They said it was for the best , ’ said Gloria . |
| 24 | Martin said it was in the National Car Park across the road , about twenty yards from the front door of the pub and Dod said ‘ Oh , yeah ’ and reluctantly gave up his place in the darts game , slipping at least three five-pound notes and some coins into his pocket and not bothering to thank the guys he 'd played . |
| 25 | ‘ The man who drilled for the test said it was among the hardest block he 'd ever seen . |