Example sentences of "[coord] it was [verb] that [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Their previous cutter Vigilant was still going strong and it was hoped that Searcher would have an equally successful career .
2 Plots of land were provided where houses could be built near the coast and it was hoped that fishing would become the occupation of former crofters ; it was the beginning of the villages .
3 Er i and it was given that image by pointing the cameras at at at the flats , and then spieling off the crime figures for the whole subdivision .
4 In the meantime , a search for a suitable building site had been carried out and it was decided that ground at Leith being prepared before the war for the Western Harbour extension was ideally suited for the purpose .
5 The auction was set to begin at one and it was nearing that time when Cornelius finally met up once more with Tuppe .
6 The balance of power was shifting back to favour the landlord , and it was to remain that way for a long time .
7 The tenant died within nine months after the grant of the council house tenancy and it was held that section 87 did not protect the defendant .
8 The defendant thought that he was being attacked when he acted , and it was held that self-defence was available to him .
9 Mr referred to the provisions of the Data Protection Act , and it was agreed that permission would not be given .
10 Discussion took place over Korea and it was agreed that trusteeship was the appropriate policy to adopt .
11 Freud began to develop his theories in 1886 during the Victorian Age , a time when it was socially unacceptable to discuss sex , and it was considered that woman and children should be seen and not heard .
12 Zurich , in the Middle Ages , was Switzerland 's most important city , and it was to stay that way .
13 Means of relief were sought , and it was found that fever , produced artificially or by deliberate infection with malaria , produced remissions .
14 During the summer months climbing charges rose considerably and it was rumoured that climbing access would be curtailed , due , in part , to malicious damage to gates and fencing ( although there was no proof that this was done by climbers ) .
15 A number of options were considered but it was decided that continuity and experience were important and the services provided by Westminster Strategy were highly regarded and ought to continue .
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