Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With only small amounts of money changing hands , a limited number of dedicated venues , and , if it were to restrict itself solely to black audiences , a finite number of punters , the black comedy scene is clearly still in its infancy . |
| 2 | It is not known who gave him the letter but it was to set him off on the road to fame and fortune . |
| 3 | Later it was to lead him on to Oz , Ink , and Friends . |
| 4 | Although this project failed to come to fruition even with Apple behind it — it was to lead us indirectly into more than a decade of adventuring in some of the most remote regions of Indonesia . |
| 5 | it was scorching them right through . |
| 6 | It was not the decision to jump that was unreasonable , it was placing himself unnecessarily in a position where he might be confronted with such an emergency . |
| 7 | I think their suggestion was that they had to go via Norwood Gardens because they then turned right at the in and went up into the middle of and it was to get them on to that line that they had to go through . |
| 8 | How strange , yet exciting , it was to have him there with her , she thought . |
| 9 | Perhaps it was freezing itself out of spite . |
| 10 | Of course she was glad she 'd had the opportunity to savour this experience , but it was also curiously frightening , because it was stirring something deep inside her that she had n't realised existed . |