Example sentences of "[vb past] it was [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's been nothing very dramatic since the secretive and highly confidential opening , when the teacher started with : " I 've been told about the wreck of a Roman Galley , which is buried in mud off the coast near Pompeii ; and it 's said that when it sank it was carrying great chests of treasure from Egypt . " |
| 2 | Serbs found it was carrying more ammunition than was listed on the manifest , a Bosnian Serb officer said . |
| 3 | In a development that highlighted Rosyth 's struggle to survive , the MoD last night confirmed it was giving serious consideration to an attempt by Devonport to poach a £28 million ship refitting contract already awarded to the Fife yard . |
| 4 | Well , s I thought it was tending that way . |
| 5 | Last month , the Post Office announced it was shedding 15,000 jobs . |
| 6 | Last week the Nationwide Anglia announced it was closing 170 branches with 400 job losses and warned of more estate agency closures to come . |
| 7 | In June , BAe Space Systems , a British Aerospace subsidiary that makes communication satellites , announced it was cutting 640 jobs as part of a rationalisation scheme . |
| 8 | LAST WEEK 'S Parliamentary debate on the funding of science took place on the day the Science and Engineering Research Council announced it was cutting next year 's budget by £28 million . |
| 9 | In the whole , as the degree of discrimination increased it was found that reaction time increased at a fairly constant rate . |
| 10 | The company said it was advised last week by the US Federal Trade Commission that no objection would be raised to the acquisition of up to 15 per cent of Jaguar shares . |
| 11 | Melvyn Kelly , prosecuting , said it was expected that committal proceedings would be able to take place in two weeks . |
| 12 | Although Univel claimed its strategy remained unchanged , it also said it was putting more emphasis on the desktop , the Microsoft stronghold where NT is likely to be stronger than it is in Unix 's bailiwick , the server . |
| 13 | He also suspected it was taking poor Sombro even longer to get home after a heavy session ! |