Example sentences of "and it was [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their previous cutter Vigilant was still going strong and it was hoped that Searcher would have an equally successful career . |
| 2 | Plots of land were provided where houses could be built near the coast and it was hoped that fishing would become the occupation of former crofters ; it was the beginning of the villages . |
| 3 | Er i and it was given that image by pointing the cameras at at at the flats , and then spieling off the crime figures for the whole subdivision . |
| 4 | And it was given new nourishment by a series of Hitler speeches in late 1940 and early 1941 which aimed to strengthen confidence in final victory and create the impression that the decisive strike to end the war — people still presumed that it would be against Britain — would take place in the course of the next twelve months . |
| 5 | No-one had ever done anything like it in rock and roll and it was getting incredible press . |
| 6 | The company , which owns Spear & Jackson , the garden tools manufacturer , has been the subject of recurrent speculation for months , and it was fuelled last month when Neill announced a fall in pre-tax profits from £2.71m to just £28,000 in the first half . |
| 7 | In the meantime , a search for a suitable building site had been carried out and it was decided that ground at Leith being prepared before the war for the Western Harbour extension was ideally suited for the purpose . |
| 8 | Unfortunately we were not able to meet all the requirements for County support and it was decided some time ago that we would go ahead with an experimental opening without it . |
| 9 | The auction was set to begin at one and it was nearing that time when Cornelius finally met up once more with Tuppe . |
| 10 | The balance of power was shifting back to favour the landlord , and it was to remain that way for a long time . |
| 11 | When Lawson resigned the pundits gathered , and mused , and offered up their conjectures and reflections , and it was called Political Speculation . |
| 12 | And it hu go And it was there and it was left all night , and next day erm the man came back again and he cut it down the back with a big saw , and divided it up and then it was taken to the house where it was er up and then salted in a big barrel . |
| 13 | The tenant died within nine months after the grant of the council house tenancy and it was held that section 87 did not protect the defendant . |
| 14 | The defendant thought that he was being attacked when he acted , and it was held that self-defence was available to him . |
| 15 | Mr referred to the provisions of the Data Protection Act , and it was agreed that permission would not be given . |
| 16 | Discussion took place over Korea and it was agreed that trusteeship was the appropriate policy to adopt . |
| 17 | Freud began to develop his theories in 1886 during the Victorian Age , a time when it was socially unacceptable to discuss sex , and it was considered that woman and children should be seen and not heard . |
| 18 | Zurich , in the Middle Ages , was Switzerland 's most important city , and it was to stay that way . |
| 19 | Means of relief were sought , and it was found that fever , produced artificially or by deliberate infection with malaria , produced remissions . |
| 20 | The CNAA had already approved a dozen of Hatfield 's courses for honours degrees , and it was to have twenty degree courses by 1968 , establishing a pattern of honours degree , degree and sub-degree courses . |
| 21 | During the summer months climbing charges rose considerably and it was rumoured that climbing access would be curtailed , due , in part , to malicious damage to gates and fencing ( although there was no proof that this was done by climbers ) . |