Example sentences of "[verb] it was [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course he did n't know it was called that . |
| 2 | There 's been nothing very dramatic since the secretive and highly confidential opening , when the teacher started with : " I 've been told about the wreck of a Roman Galley , which is buried in mud off the coast near Pompeii ; and it 's said that when it sank it was carrying great chests of treasure from Egypt . " |
| 3 | Serbs found it was carrying more ammunition than was listed on the manifest , a Bosnian Serb officer said . |
| 4 | But i I did feel it was airing those possible scenarios to get a reaction and I think the forty minutes we 've had discussing that have been extremely valuable as far as we 're concerned . |
| 5 | In a development that highlighted Rosyth 's struggle to survive , the MoD last night confirmed it was giving serious consideration to an attempt by Devonport to poach a £28 million ship refitting contract already awarded to the Fife yard . |
| 6 | Whenever possible I try to get a Lecture Theatre , erm but I was told it was booked all day today we were originally in presentation room then came , so be grateful we 're in the Board Room . |
| 7 | But we suspect it was found necessary to place the Monkeys ' Dance where the score has it in order to allow time for setting this exotic scene — and six dancers cavorting about on the forestage could make a useful amount of noise to mask what was happening on the darkened scenic stage behind the proscenium arch . |
| 8 | Although the rebels had begun an air ferry with six planes they had at their disposal , it was clear that the rate of transfer thus achieved was much too slow and that the only hope of improving it was to obtain more planes from outside Spain . |
| 9 | If the government wanted to encourage a new trade in supplying meal to the populace , the last way to do it was to remove all profit from the enterprise . |
| 10 | And then of course the hay st the hay stack was built in a different style by the harvest stack it was built different . |
| 11 | One of the arms holding it was getting tired . |
| 12 | The only way she knew to dispel it was to break free of his grasp and get into the canoe . |
| 13 | While Barbara Barnes , the nanny to Lord and Lady Glenconner 's children , was employed it was made clear that Diana would be intimately involved in her children 's upbringing . |
| 14 | THE GOVERNMENT admitted yesterday that its pollution inspectorate lacked almost a quarter of its quota of professional inspectors , nine months after saying it was recruiting 13 extra staff , writes Nicholas Schoon . |
| 15 | I suppose it was considered such a terrible thing to say about anyone that it had become a totally taboo concept — even for your worst enemy . |
| 16 | Mr Major 's counsel , Mr Andrew Caldecott , said BPCC printed 30,000 copies of the offending issue of the New Statesman , which appeared on January 29 , before being notified it was considered libellous . |
| 17 | When , in the late 1920s , a critical backlash developed against films that made themselves vacuous in an attempt to match Hollywood styles , the only way people could think of doing it was to define British cinema as the opposite of Hollywood — abandoning melodrama and flamboyance for realism , restraint and understatement . |
| 18 | To prevent incidents of this nature recurring it was felt desirable to have the intricate boundary between the two manors properly staked out . |
| 19 | This fresh blow came just as Exxon felt it was struggling free from the morass of the Alaskan spill . |
| 20 | The guy who owns it was shouting all kinds of stuff and he let it slip . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought it was getting better , ’ he said , ‘ but the last couple of days it seems to have got worse . ’ |
| 22 | I thought it was called that . |
| 23 | The year the shop opened she hired a new dress designer , Jacqui Smale , fresh from the Royal College of Art , and told her how sensible she thought it was to wear uniform because this removed the agonies of planning what to wear each day as well as the decisions about accessories to go with the clothes . |
| 24 | Well , s I thought it was tending that way . |
| 25 | Oh , I thought it was running okay . |
| 26 | I thought it was suggested that |
| 27 | We were all very friendly and nice and you made a big effort , Claudia darling , but I do n't think it was appreciated one bit . |
| 28 | ‘ I stopped it because I did n't think it was doing any good . |
| 29 | ACORN Computers , the maker of the BBC Microcomputer , last week announced it was replacing 3600 defective tape recorders sent out under the Department of Industry 's scheme to provide schools with half-price computers . |
| 30 | This week Salomon announced it was moving 750 clerical jobs to lower-cost Florida . |