Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having obtained a fairly comprehensive view of the farm situation in Great Britain as it relates to training an attempt was made to compare it with the position in Europe . |
| 2 | However , what is most interesting is that a deliberate attempt was made to sell it as a concept rather than as what might have hitherto been seen as a package of infrastructural measures . |
| 3 | Nevertheless it was used in the early aeroplanes and an attempt was made to protect it by binding the joints with varnished tape which was never very effectual . |
| 4 | Sun was expected to display it at PC Expo this summer but Snoopy has never been seen except behind closed doors . |
| 5 | And no nasty dream was going to spoil it for her . |
| 6 | Housing benefit was altered to bring it in line with these other two benefits . |
| 7 | Upon wiping away the icy incrustation from the face , the countenance was immediately recollected ; but , the frame appearing lifeless , assistance was procured to convey it to the first house upon the skirts of the village , when , a pulsation being observed , every possible means was instantly adopted to promote his recovery . |
| 8 | ‘ So the problem then is that only a little sliver of the tip of my cock was going to make it in range of the footprint of a normal eight and a half by eleven copy . |
| 9 | In the 16th century , an east wing was added to replace the earlier parlour , while in the 17th century a kitchen wing was built to balance it to the west . |
| 10 | Daddy was going to rebuild it with his own hands and had already done a bit to it when I was young . |
| 11 | As we all know now the group was formed to save it from extinction and now ‘ Duke ’ is happily not only still with us but thriving . |
| 12 | At Waddington PA474 was restored to full airworthy condition and Air Force Board authority was obtained to fly it at certain RAF Fiftieth Anniversary celebrations in 1968 . |
| 13 | Prior to completion of the missives a meeting took place at the farm when an offer was made to purchase it from the defender at a price of £65,000 . |
| 14 | The proper instrument for the purpose not being at hand , a man was sent to get it from the Bedford Infirmary . |
| 15 | So I mean if the man was going to take it on himself I mean er he used the French letter then when that clinic started up as I would say , the women would go there you see stop that lark because they did n't even they did n't even let , er take very kindly to the French letters some of them did n't you know , the men . |
| 16 | Having him there at the beginning was simply a stroke of luck so colossal that Henry 's natural pessimism was trying to turn it into a disaster . |
| 17 | I just wonder what 's I last I heard they were the receiver was trying to pull it into the collapse but er |
| 18 | IBM Corp is expected to announce the Unix version of its DB/2 successor to OS/2 Database Manager this Tuesday , although the company was expected to preview it in Paris last Friday : it is IBM 's first in-house relational database offering for AIX users , and should help the RS/6000s fit into DRDA ( Distributed Relational Database Architecture ) and SAA environments — but it 's unlikely to appeal to those more used to going to third parties for their database technology . |
| 19 | After closer inspection PA474 was found to be in excellent condition and permission was granted to fly it to Waddington , where it arrived on August 18 , 1965 . |
| 20 | But the Prince was determined to get it to the finishing line . |