Example sentences of "it was [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It marked the end of the long process of transformations — starting with the seething leaves of the plant , then the reeking green stage of the first steepings , and the sulphurous yellow stage of the liquor before it was exposed to the air , then binding with the air , it gradually turned to blue . |
| 2 | Each man was struggling to fill the hollow that had opened inside him , to bridge it over with some kind of reasonable structure while saying nothing about it as though afraid it might crumble if it was exposed to the light . |
| 3 | It was screwed to the jamb of a doorway that gave access to the premises of Henson & Burbidge , Fat and Bone Dealers . |
| 4 | It was getting to the point that whenever he saw a policeman sauntering along the crowded streets he chose for his phone calls his stomach turned over . |
| 5 | It was getting to the point where it was either me or the birds ! |
| 6 | If the human mind had been created in such a way that it was matched to the intelligibility of nature , then the possibility of secure scientific knowledge could be affirmed . |
| 7 | It was surrendered to the Crown in 1539 , and sold by Henry VIII to Lawrence Washington , who built the present house . |
| 8 | ‘ It was sent to the press , at least to one paper , the Paternoster Review . |
| 9 | The Hudson Report , a very thorough and painstaking piece of work , was a long time in gestation ; it was sent to the Minister towards the end of 1973 and was eventually published in July 1974 . |
| 10 | The brass work was cast in the brass foundry , and from there it was sent to the brass finishing shop for machining and cleaning up , afterwards traversing the plating department where it received either venetian bronze , oxidised silver or plain brass lacquer finish , next passing to position No 3 for fixing in the carriage . |
| 11 | After 8 April the aluminium returned to tapwater when a mains burst : sludge was found at the bottom of a glass of water but when it was sent to the authority for analysis it was discarded as ‘ too sludgy ’ . |
| 12 | In reply , the Commission stated that under articles 4(2) and 8 of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 it was to submit to the Council of the European Communities before 31 December 1991 a report on the fisheries situation in the Community , the economic and social development of the coastal areas and the state of the stocks and their likely evolution . |
| 13 | It was pipped to the post for first UK practice by West Country-based Bishop Fleming , which received the right to display the IP 's laurel wreath emblem in April . |
| 14 | In 1733 , the Apothecaries erected a marble statue by Rysbrack to their most generous benefactor and placed it in one of the rooms of the orange house , but in 1748 it was moved to the centre of the garden , where a replica stands today . |
| 15 | It replaced 1923 stock , which was incidentally only forty-four years old at the time it was moved to the island ! |
| 16 | But Felix Road was n't in the main town , nor yet on the outskirts ; it was situated to the north of the city and gave its name to the acres of housing that was home to the poor , the destitute , and the dregs of humanity . |
| 17 | formerly an area on the north bank of the Thames between Waterloo and Westminster bridges , belonging from ancient times to the borough of Lambeth ; according to legend it was bequeathed to the borough by a pedlar on condition that his portrait , and that of his dog , should be preserved for ever in one of the parish church 's stained glass windows . |
| 18 | Boatswain ’ , no doubt knew how to entertain an audience , just as the Shatford Players had done : ‘ … after it was entangled in the net , it received seventeen musket balls from the Greyhound Cutter ’ ( Gosh ! ) ; ‘ … it was dragged to the shore by seven horses … ’ |
| 19 | On that occasion , the inspectors ' report was handed to the press at the same time as it was referred to the DPP for possible criminal proceedings . |
| 20 | Matters arising through the procedure from any individual or any group of individuals on the shop floor , was dealt with primarily and respectfully so in regard to the individual making an approach to the foreman , if no settlement was reached then , it was referred to the shop steward in that department , if he could n't settle it along with the member with the foreman , then he could report it to the er shop stewards committee through the auspices of the secretary or the convenor . |
| 21 | Urinary albumin excretion progression was not related to changes in urinary sodium and urea excretion , glycated haemoglobin concentration , or weight , but it was related to the sum of urinary sodium excretion during the whole treatment period ( r '=0.44 , p=0.05 for all patients ; r '=0.39 for enalapril group ; r '=0.36 for hydrochlorothiazide group ) . |
| 22 | Lost in legal wrangles as Fleetway changed owners , it was beaten to the punch when Robocop hit big with eerily ‘ similar ’ ideas . |
| 23 | After it was removed to make more space , it was given to the Earl of Harcourt who 'd been planning to build a gothic folly in the grounds of his Nuneham Courtney estate . |
| 24 | It was given to the Mid-Gloster Engine Preservation Society in trust for the museum and has been restored to full working order by members of the society . |
| 25 | Shortly before the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill was due to gain its second reading , he told the House that the referendum question could be perfectly simple unless the job of formulating it was given to the Department of Education officials who framed the current controversial tests for 14-year-olds . |
| 26 | It was given to the Echo and has been donated to Scousers Down Under as their mascot . |
| 27 | It was leaked to the press nearly a month before its official launch ; a national paper detailed many of the leaflet 's suggestions in the some ideas to get you going section which includes a variety of unusual ideas between its first suggestion — pecks on the cheek , and its last — cuddling up and sleeping . |
| 28 | One after another they stepped up and gripped the stump of chalk which snapped in their fingers as soon as it was pressed to the board , sputtered and crumbled when they tried to move it , or let out a squeak to turn the teeth round in your gums . |
| 29 | But while the Section d'Or represented the high point of the Cubist movement as it was presented to the public , and while the influence of Cubism daily became more powerful and widespread , many painters who had been Cubist , or had moved in Cubist circles , were already abandoning the style or using certain aspects of it as points of departure for developing completely new art forms . |
| 30 | The goblet was of unknown material , unusual colour and of unfamiliar shape : it was presented to the King . |