Example sentences of "it was [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within two years it was condemned by the Commission of Enquiry into Disturbances appointed by the Labour Government as ‘ out-moded at birth ’ . |
| 2 | Kirner , a former state Education Minister and the leader of the party 's Socialist Left parliamentary faction , was considerably further to the left than her predecessor and , whilst her election was welcomed by the state 's strong trade union movement , it was condemned by the opposition Liberal Party and the business community . |
| 3 | He stared wildly up at her cage roof but though it was buckled by the fall of the tree branch it was still intact and she could not escape . |
| 4 | It marked the end of the long process of transformations — starting with the seething leaves of the plant , then the reeking green stage of the first steepings , and the sulphurous yellow stage of the liquor before it was exposed to the air , then binding with the air , it gradually turned to blue . |
| 5 | Each man was struggling to fill the hollow that had opened inside him , to bridge it over with some kind of reasonable structure while saying nothing about it as though afraid it might crumble if it was exposed to the light . |
| 6 | This fraud caused much confusion until it was exposed as the result of bibliographical detective work by A. W. Pollard , Sir W. W. Greg [ qq.v. ] , and others . |
| 7 | Well forgive me , the , the reason for that is , it was explained at the time if one 's going to defend the decision of where you 're going to put your roads , then you 've got in reality look at all them options ridiculous some they will be , whether they dig tunnels under the Orwell or knocking down Wordsworth Road I mean it 's all got to be looked at . |
| 8 | Maxim felt as if he had baked ( if that was what you did ) a perfect soufflé of evidence , all crisp and firm , and then floop : it was swimming off the plate and dripping on his shoes . |
| 9 | Burning straw was the best fun — it was poked through the grill at the front of the grate and , when it caught fire , smoke would stream out of the other end . |
| 10 | Seemed that malais had a sixth sense , a special antenna for propositions of this kind ; it was absorbed in the mother 's milk . |
| 11 | On 31 May de Gaulle formed his cabinet and on 1 June presented it to the National Assembly , where it was confirmed by the margin of 329 votes to 224 ( with the majority composed of conservatives , centrists , and half the socialist deputies ) . |
| 12 | It was screwed to the jamb of a doorway that gave access to the premises of Henson & Burbidge , Fat and Bone Dealers . |
| 13 | Their decision was prompted by fears that the protector might usurp the throne , although Mancini adds that it was supported by the queen 's family , who wanted to prevent power passing to Gloucester . |
| 14 | Their decision was prompted by fears that the protector might usurp the throne , although Mancini adds that it was supported by the queen 's family , who wanted to prevent power passing to Gloucester . |
| 15 | This was not what English food exporters wanted but , as it kept down the cost of provisioning the sugar plantations , it was supported by the sugar industry in England . |
| 16 | Then keeper Peter Turtle stopped a John Smyth pile-driver , but made a quick recovery to grab the ball as it was trickling over the line . |
| 17 | It was combined with the similar but larger Maine-Anjou in the 1960s to form the Rouge de l'Ouest , and then virtually lost its separate identity in 1970 when it was crossed with the MRY and the German Red Pied ( itself a composite ) to become part of the combined group known as the Pie Rouge des Plaines in northern Brittany , in which the MRY is dominant . |
| 18 | The Secretary of State went on to say that he was concerned that the letter from Grand Metropolitan Estates tried to imply that the orders had forced the company into the action it was taking against the tenant . |
| 19 | That and other systems sales accounted for a whacking 50% of SunExpress revenues last year when it was getting off the ground , with end user sales pegged at just 35% . |
| 20 | It was getting to the point that whenever he saw a policeman sauntering along the crowded streets he chose for his phone calls his stomach turned over . |
| 21 | It was getting to the point where it was either me or the birds ! |
| 22 | To the south their influence controlled Y'frike and Dr'gasia , though far away N'czuan was ruled by default for part of every year because it was hidden across the Gulf of Mists , which only the men of the islands knew how to sail safely . |
| 23 | It was hidden at the bottom of a drawer , remember . |
| 24 | The area round it was hidden in the penumbra . |
| 25 | Yeah , but er normally Alan er organizes this with our car park warden , but unfortunately as was stated it was struck with the flu . |
| 26 | If causes dear to his heart , such as feminism , even figured at all in the mass-circulation papers , it was to serve as the butt for an endless stream of cheap jokes . |
| 27 | It was compiled by the university 's research support and industrial liaison office and describes projects in about 50 departments . |
| 28 | On 6 December , as soon as was decently possible , it was conveyed in a funeral wagon to St Stephen 's Cathedral , where it was met by the funeral party and blessed by the priest in a chapel on the north side . |
| 29 | It was created for the benefit of the inhabitants of the territory , not for that of the parties to the agreement . |
| 30 | It was created by the enclosing of some 3,000 acres of Sherwood Forest in 1707 . |