Example sentences of "it [was/were] [vb pp] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the next fortnight it was examined section by section . |
| 2 | It was called Tit for Tat , and was submitted by Professor Anatol Rapoport , a well-known psychologist and games theorist from Toronto . |
| 3 | It was called Bird of Freedom . |
| 4 | When the line came through here , it was built inch by inch through solid rock . |
| 5 | For like millions of other readers he was following the slow northward progress of the escaped eagle as it was reported day by day in most of the popular newspapers . |
| 6 | As already suggested , it was paid participation in war which saved a large number of the nobility and , in certain cases , helped them improve their social status . |