Example sentences of "[verb] it was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when that was won it was much better . |
| 2 | She knew she ought to tell Georg it was all over between them , that it was finished for good . |
| 3 | The fact that the firms allowed him to use the money for his own purposes and replace it was merely an indulgence . |
| 4 | I do n't know it was just a thought . |
| 5 | He maintains that he did not know it was there . |
| 6 | They tell me you 'd never know it was there … . ’ |
| 7 | Bet the poor lad did n't even know it was there . |
| 8 | How did he know it was there , until it was close behind him ? ’ |
| 9 | She could understand why most people did not know it was there . |
| 10 | If you kept that covered up , most people did n't even know it was there . ’ |
| 11 | So if if nobody was looking for it or if they were n't used to the machines , examining the machines , they would n't know it was there . |
| 12 | Erm well I mean they did n't know it was there you see . |
| 13 | you could see it like , er but it could easily have been filled in with some wood and nobody would know it was there , yeah |
| 14 | Well I only , th I mean the woman made me feel dead small because I said to her you know , she was asking everybody why they 'd come and I said , well I 've only come to give Chris moral support , which was the truth because until about three hours before we went , I did n't even know it was there |
| 15 | Now the the girls did n't know it was there and it 's a good job that they were n't talking about him or talking about anybody . |
| 16 | He said , ‘ I did n't know it was that soon . |
| 17 | But that 's incred I did n't know it was that bad . |
| 18 | His fingertips travelled until they found my own and , with the lightest returning pressure , I let him know it was all right . |
| 19 | I did n't know it was all coming , of course , which is just as well . |
| 20 | He said nothing , just squeezed her arm to let her know it was all right , that he wanted her to be there as well . |
| 21 | I just did n't know it was as much of a tribute as it was until I was told … rather abruptly ! |
| 22 | In Denise 's case , " He did n't really know it was only his idea . |
| 23 | Do you know it was only five lines . |
| 24 | Peter : Yes he has indeed he delivered , he did away with the autocue , he leaned forward , he did n't want a barrier between himself and his adoring party faithful they were adoring it was rather like the last night at the Prom , I can tell you . |
| 25 | Pity it was actually the Norwegians . |
| 26 | The FT-SE failed to hold its gains yesterday but shortly after opening it was only six points away from last September 's previous record closing level . |
| 27 | I , I , I think Chairman that on the , the case to which you refer as , as I recollect it was very much on the specific wording of the er restriction which erm was found to fail , because it applied to a number of houses and not to a specific property and er clearly care will have to be given by the districts that happens in imposing conditions to make sure that it will erm appertain to each individual property within a development so that the occupancy condition can be can be informed . |
| 28 | ‘ With over 300 covers it was probably too big as a fish restaurant and while it stayed successful for some time as The Chicago Meatpackers , the area around it , in the West End of London , has changed in two major ways . |
| 29 | Naturally most of the boys opted for ‘ the strip ’ and each time the innuendo was made the girls pretended it was terribly witty and original , If a little naughty , just as they did when they were asked for the twentieth time if perhaps they might be the prize . |
| 30 | For instance , if a woman ‘ failed ’ to conceive it was frequently attributed to the unfavourable environment provided by the woman for otherwise vigorous sperm . |