Example sentences of "[verb] it was [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect it was said Pegs but you better be careful Tim . |
| 2 | And Northumbrian Water reported it was extracting water from the river once again after inlets at Broken Scar Treatment Works , near Darlington , were closed as a precautionary measure on Tuesday night , and emergency supplies brought into use . |
| 3 | He spent a world record £13m on Gianluigi Lentini last year and some observers say it was to stop others having him , not because Milan needed him . |
| 4 | It became redundant a couple of years ago when the Chipmunk glider tug it was providing spares for was replaced by a Piper Pawnee . |
| 5 | The textile company , Ingham , confirmed it was having talks on a possible acquisition , but stressed that , if they were successful , it might have to launch a share issue . |
| 6 | ‘ They could see it was distracting attention from their own priorities over contra demobilisation . |
| 7 | In 1989 , industry claimed it was spending $34 billion a year to comply with pollution control legislation . |
| 8 | But nationally and locally because it seems that the answer to crime is , the decision was reached with the Chief Constable and the chairman of the police committee with very little reference to and the deputy and we were not consulted on whether or not it should take place or ask what problems we would encounter we were told it was taking place . |
| 9 | Despite the heat of the afternoon , she felt shivery , and guessed it was delayed shock . |
| 10 | The only time he opened it was to have food passed in and out . |
| 11 | If the recognition of persons was a precondition for jewellery , it is no less true that the prime purpose of wearing it was to symbolize status . |
| 12 | Earlier this week Fryer , while on home leave from prison , went missing , saying it was to draw attention to his case . |
| 13 | The Spartan asceticism in the attic as I had first experienced it was giving way to small comforts . |
| 14 | George Rudd was on tour ; Michael Lamonte , according to his lady friend , was filming at Pinewood ; Berenson had left the business for school-teaching and was n't about to throw it up , thank you , for all the tea in China , and did Meredith realise it was gone midnight ? |
| 15 | AS the row over Labour 's election broadcast grew it was revealed grandparents of a four-year-old boy paid out £300 for a private ear operation to avoid a six-months wait on the health service . |
| 16 | She also knew it was affecting Silas because his arms had begun to clasp her even more tightly , with one hand moving to rest upon her breast . |
| 17 | A gap opened between them , and they both knew it was called age . |
| 18 | No , she wanted some flip flops , but they did n't have any there either , but they had a lot of shell suits , cos I thought it was skiing ones at first . |
| 19 | At first , I thought it was spilt wine but then it spread and I noticed little splashes coming down from the ceiling above . |
| 20 | Other Danuese , particularly the ex-FAKINTIL in the malai battalions , thought it was to help planes to home in more accurately . |
| 21 | I thought it was blooming escudos , yeah it is Portugal in n it ? |
| 22 | The move came just 24 hours after the BBC announced it was axing Russ Abbot after audience ratings fell . |
| 23 | December 1991 : The Academy of Culinary Arts announced it was facing liquidation . |
| 24 | BBA , the automotive parts to aircraft interiors group , yesterday announced it was tapping shareholders for £126 million to pay for expansion in continental Europe . |
| 25 | When McCaw Cellular Communications announced it was to swap $600m of its junk bonds for stock , the price of the bonds shot up . |
| 26 | Last month , it announced it was buying Specialty Coatings International , of the US , for £305 million via a £295 million cash call . |
| 27 | Yesterday the Department of the Environment announced it was to begin consultation for the Lisburn Area Plan 1993 to 2008 . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , Lancashire County Council announced it was to send representatives to the Netherlands in a bid to rescue the Leyland truck plant and the Chorley parts warehouse , where together more than 900 jobs were lost on Friday . |
| 29 | It was with some relief that he found a village which actually admitted it was called Short Soham . |
| 30 | Pictured right is a saffron-gatherer whose image , painted on to a wall in Thera ( now Santorini ) in the first century BC , was preserved under ash even as the volcano which produced it was destroying civilisation on the island . |