Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Company already had powers to provide electric lighting throughout the Sutton and Cheam districts and to it were made available the powers conferred by the Mitcham Light Railway Order and the Croydon & District Tramways Acts of 1902 and 1903 . |
| 2 | It was taking all the pleasure out of things and Maggie 's lips drooped like a disappointed girl 's . |
| 3 | er they also brought out some a good range of lighting fittings er , which you still see about again used well I , I remember putting one , you saying about putting lights at different levels , erm a staircase which was in a new house which was architect design and built and erm , the staircase was er more or less centrally in the house rather than be stuck against one wall and so it had a well and down the centre of the well we strung one of these lights with er five different glasses suspended on black flex five black flexes and erm these were shades made of heavy glass er the glass was n't painted it was coloured all the way through , er and erm they were called er Chelsea , Chelsea glasswork and erm these each had a lamp inside them well er about three inch diameter cylinders actually about eight inches long and they were hung at different heights er so that the lip behind the staircase and also of course there 's a staircase being where it was , it was in the centre of er , a , quite a large hallway for modern stand for modern standards and erm it of course was a feature of the hall as well . |
| 4 | Ltd. , and the laying of underground conduits and cables for the power supply to British Insulated and Helsby Cables Ltd. , but in an agreement dated 25 September , it was arranged that the B.E.T . |
| 5 | The US military source said while there were no promises of specific US military help , it was made clear the rebels would be welcome to send the general to stand trial in the US . |
| 6 | It was made clear the rates would be unpopular , especially in the current recession . |
| 7 | North Merseyside was dismissed immediately as existing staff would be unlikely to wish to relocate to the area and it was felt such a location would not serve to enhance the company 's recruitment image . |
| 8 | So it was watched all the while like that ? |
| 9 | It was fought all the way to the European Court of Justice , which decided in his favour . |
| 10 | I was told later that the designer at the Natural History Publications Section nearly broke down trying to put the pieces together , just as it was thought all the animals had been spotted and labelled , another would be discovered ; I think this was an exaggeration but it was a very tricky task . |
| 11 | And it 's as if it was n't floating on the surface and it was doing all the things that fishes do but it was |
| 12 | He refuses to elaborate except to add that ‘ it was rough-housing all the way ’ . |
| 13 | Boswell amplifies in a way which casts a slightly different glow on the affair : he comments on how striking it was to hear all the aldermen of Aberdeen drinking Johnson's-health with much exclamation of the great man 's name . |