Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first he had assumed that it was taking much longer than the boy had estimated or that his work on the Project was taking up his time , but this explained it all . |
| 2 | It was recognized more clearly than before that most large companies actually held a portfolio of businesses , and that long-term growth , or indeed survival , might depend more on managing that portfolio rather than assuming continued growth on all fronts . |
| 3 | It was formed as early as 1805 by the Marchese Tommaso degli Obizzi whose taste in ‘ primitives ’ was ahead of his time . |
| 4 | The recent Cuban Missile Crisis had reminded everyone that earth was on the verge of extinction ; it was poised as precariously as Charsky . |
| 5 | ‘ When the goldsmithing business expanded in the thirteenth century , it was moved out here because of the danger of fire from the furnaces , ’ he explained . |
| 6 | Or at least it was withdrawn as far as er railway engines were concerned . |
| 7 | He wrote out all the lyrics phonetically , so when he had to sing an Italian word , it was written down exactly as it should be pronounced . |
| 8 | The clock belonged to my grandfather , Isabel thought , it was made not later than the year 1850 by a craftsman , but such things are clearly no longer appreciated , nothing has value , it is all gimcracks and gewgaws . |
| 9 | Perhaps she did not realize how easy it was to sit perfectly still while you studied the faces one by one of the people in the audience , imagining their names , learned the words of the speaking players , and then — best of all ! — played the Wishing Game . |
| 10 | It was raining quite heavily when er I took Heidi up . |
| 11 | For a second she imagined that she detected a bleary look within his own eyes — and she knew it must match her own — but then it was gone as fast as summer lightning and she shivered beneath the old familiar expression , that brooding , storm-filled one that she knew boded no good to her . |
| 12 | It was , however , of great importance that it was said as clearly as it was by the Council . |
| 13 | It was discovered as recently as 1983 by Alain le Brun when excavating at the Neolithic settlement of Khirokitia in southern Cyprus and has been found to date from 6000 B.C. The important point about its location is that Cyprus has no wild cats and this means that the animal must have been brought over to the island by the early human settlers . |
| 14 | It was recorded as early as 1749 , by the French astronomer Legentil , though presumably it must have been noticed in more ancient times . |
| 15 | It was founded as recently as 1984 , but within only three years the four young players had established an international reputation — a reputation which is now extraordinarily high . |
| 16 | It was coming in again before I left . |
| 17 | It was to meet as often as was thought desirable . |