Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were to happen in a few year 's time when we have the lottery money , then I think the Sutherland Collection Collection is something that anybody concerned with heritage should make the highest possible priority . |
| 2 | I 'll get Annunziata to keep something hot in the kitchen and then if you 'd rather not be bothered with us tonight , you can have it there — or in bed , if that would be better , ’ said Julia , her heart feeling as though it were held in a tightening vice as she saw his misery . |
| 3 | This happened in New England over religious issues ; it was to happen in a great many other places , usually for less solemn reasons , over the next three centuries . |
| 4 | It was illustrated in a 15th century manuscript , and Gerard referred to it as being useful for preserving the eyesight ; Culpeper advised its use for those " that are bit with serpents or have eat … mushrooms " . |
| 5 | it was done in a very un-run way , because the notice , the notice was , was er it 'd be up about a couple of days and then it 'd come down , you see , so it did n't give anybody a lot of chance , but anyway now it 's been passed you see it goes ahead and that 's all there is to it , he , he has n't start doing it yet but |
| 6 | Parliament was re-opened on July 27 , one year after it was damaged in a six-day siege during a coup attempt [ see pp. 37606-07 ] . |
| 7 | It was cut in a trendier style , worn longer than it would have been , but its shape still reminded one of all those gruff but infinitely reliable heroes . |
| 8 | It was covered in a white cloth ; there were some flowers , plates , the metal things that Marcus picks his food up with , sparkling glasses . |
| 9 | The first part of the manuscript , under an early title ‘ Too late beloved ’ , was rejected as unsuitable by Tillotson and Son — with whom a fee of a thousand guineas had already been agreed — by Murray and by Macmillan , before it was accepted in a revised form for serialisation in The Graphic . |
| 10 | In seeking an answer to this question one can not but be influenced by a thought expressed by Lamont J. , speaking for the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada in Montreal Tramways v. Leveille where , for the first time , it was accepted in a superior court that an infant plaintiff should be able after birth to recover damages for pre-natal injuries . |
| 11 | It was cashing in a spectacular consumer boom . |
| 12 | It was formed in a small oblong , one side rounded , the other almost straight . |
| 13 | It was situated in a post-war housing estate on the outskirts of Greenock and suffered from the same sort of social and economic problems found in the working class communities elsewhere . |
| 14 | It was announced in a joint press statement that Japan would increase its assistance to Laos in various fields , including forestry , communication and transport , and hydroelectricity , and a memorandum signed by officials on the same day provided additional Japanese aid worth 400,000,000 yen ( approximately $2,800,000 ) for agricultural projects . |
| 15 | It was written in a frantic one month burst and sounded hurried on first hearing . |
| 16 | It was written in a strange , pointed handwriting and signed ‘ Edward Hyde ’ . |
| 17 | It was written in a sprawling hand that was difficult to read . |
| 18 | It was written in a careful script , meticulously spaced : ‘ A New System of Numerology by Francis Garland . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ They write this stuff for office workers , ’ Carmichael complains , peering at the newsprint as if it was written in a foreign language . |
| 20 | George felt uncomfortable at this declaration , especially as it was made in a steady and unemotional voice , far removed from the previous frantic outburst on the day she had left the farm . |
| 21 | Lewis 's maiden Test hundred in Madras was down-graded critically because it was made in a losing cause in England 's second innings . |
| 22 | In the end , it was revealed in a brief letter to A Quarterly that in the view of the Society — and I will try and quote accurately from memory — ‘ the most crucial criterion is that the applicant be possessed of a dignity in keeping with his position . |
| 23 | But Mr Dorrell said : ‘ There is no secret about the fact that the Treasury announced last summer it was engaged in a fundamental review of not just health expenditure but four other areas of Government spending to ensure that the way the money is spend reflects today 's priorities . ’ |
| 24 | Although it was said in a jocular fashion it was too much for Maura . |
| 25 | This time it was discovered in a brown envelope at the foot of a box . |
| 26 | It was presented in a further long meeting , going on well into the early hours of the morning , when George Elvin , having conferred with several of his senior colleagues on my telephone , returned to say that they would accept the proposal . |
| 27 | RBIC head office was originally in Edinburgh but early last year it was relocated in a refurbished office block at 152 West Regent Street , Glasgow . |
| 28 | This was because it was acting in a public capacity . |
| 29 | The iron hand had burst from the velvet glove in unmistakable fashion , and what was more , it was grasped in a congratulatory handshake by large numbers of Englishmen , both in India and in Britain itself . |
| 30 | We got all the relevant information , but it was delivered in a businesslike manner . |