Example sentences of "and it [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was costing him fifty P a week . |
| 2 | and it was costing us ten quid a month for the newspapers |
| 3 | And er half heatedly she decided she ought , she could n't have any more children you know she 'd , I do n't think it was money so much that she thought she 'd got enough and somebody told her about this Slippery Elm , well you could get a Slippery Elm drink , you know you know these milky foods if you 've got a poor tummy , that that can , er she bought a tin of this Slippery Elm drink , and she drunk gallons of it and it was doing her good and she thought er she thought it would n't , she 'd gone wrong you see . |
| 4 | She 'd given me a shot to kill the pain and it was making me drowsy . |
| 5 | It was like a succession of cold draughts , and it was making her fed-up again . |
| 6 | He had worked as a farmer and it was feared his long term exposure to pesticides may have led to his ill health . |
| 7 | and it were making him bad . |