Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) If it were available in respect of a claim under the Act of 1978 , would the ex turpi causa defence clearly exclude a claim to contribution by the third defendant in this case ? |
| 2 | She were , she 'd got a scooter bit similar to mine and she er were coming home and it were one of women from school actually one of women from school . |
| 3 | For instance , at a power line frequency between 100 and 120Hz , only lithium of atomic mass 7 , if it were present in solution as a free single-atom ion , could come near to satisfying the resonance requirement . |
| 4 | Respectable journals which reckoned to cover the whole of science refused to publish psychical research ; reports and discussions of it were unwelcome at meetings of scientific societies ; and involvement in it had at best an ambiguous effect on a scientist 's career . |
| 5 | Human thinking and language would dissolve into a topsy-turvy jumble of uncertainty if we were to use the word know as if it were interchangeable with words like guess or dream , or if we were to say right when we really meant wrong . |
| 6 | Dot hoped it was nice for Baby in there . |
| 7 | It was ironic in view of this that a hotly-disputed goal was to cost Arsenal the Cup in the 1932 final . |
| 8 | At that moment it had been appropriate to put big pickets you know I think if we thought too much about it we would have and taken it to the lodge and put it through the union it would have had cold water put over it and you know it was right for Tom to be wary and it was probably right for us to do what we did I mean I think you know it it was successful the way it turned out . |
| 9 | Soon it was right in front of her . |
| 10 | When the body was naked , it was X-rayed from top to toe . |
| 11 | The nettle — rash cleared up promptly and has not returned , suggesting that it was due to overgrowth of Candida in the gut as the specialist had suspected . |
| 12 | At first , I thought it was just the Luciferi but , on one occasion , I am sure it was due to intervention from the English court . ’ |
| 13 | It was present in abundance in Lewis v. Cox because of the police warnings . |
| 14 | By comparison it was present in 38% of the H pylori positive patients with DU and 56% of the non-ulcer controls ( Table 3 ) . |
| 15 | ‘ If you needed any more proof , then it was present in Castlerock on Thursday morning . |
| 16 | ‘ If you needed any more proof , then it was present in Castlerock on Thursday morning , ’ he added . |
| 17 | He rejected a claim by the university on Thursday that it was involved in discussions with him and Mr Nicholson and that a meeting was being planned . |
| 18 | ‘ It was traditional in China for those in authority to face south when giving an audience . |
| 19 | It was slippery as hell down the fields . |
| 20 | Extraordinary though such a testimonial may now appear , it was invaluable to Joyce in the few years before the war . |
| 21 | It was apparent to Allen from what Tom told him that the verderers , driven out by the fire , had succeeded in saddling and bridling the terrified horses . |
| 22 | That is , people writing in the eighteenth century that th you know um it was appropriate for kids to be introduced to sex when they were around y'know sort of seven or eight or something in some cases . |
| 23 | At that time , Lincolnshire was the second largest county in England but it was thirteenth in terms of population ; it had only 208,557 people in 1801 and 407,222 fifty years later . |
| 24 | It was well after midnight before Paul Lane yawned and got up . |
| 25 | Our young Tominah friend had disappeared by sunset , and it was well after dark by the time Abu returned , together with Ranteallo , jerking about in the front seat like a clownish version of his own Tau-Tau . |
| 26 | Labour , and its consequences , was not the only factor involved but it was crucial in relation to the social problem , economic efficiency , industrial relations , and to sectional interests . |
| 27 | The increased incidence at ages 0–4 was restricted to postcode sectors more than 20 km from urban areas , where it was greater in sectors of higher social class ( table V ) . |
| 28 | Cos it was indigo on Monday as out it go on Saturday , if you were lucky . |
| 29 | It was close to midnight by the time Patrick reached the house in Mayfair . |
| 30 | It was normal for pairs of waggon doors to face each other on opposite side walls of the barn ( Plate 2 ) , but in some barns the threshing floor could be approached only from one side , there being a blank wall opposite . |