Example sentences of "[coord] it was [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The royal physician dressed the corpse for buried and it was interred eleven days later at Jedburgh . |
2 | Then there I was come back from ante-natal and it was blown clean away . |
3 | Loch Ness was formed originally by the shifting tectonic plates that created the Great Glen fault line , and it was scoured smooth by glaciation . |
4 | There was a tiny hole in it and it was spilling white blobs of polystyrene like grain . |
5 | Pres presentation one and it was to last three minutes and the subject was what would I do if I won two million pounds and we recorded that er on the C C T V for later playback . |
6 | Plots of land were provided where houses could be built near the coast and it was hoped that fishing would become the occupation of former crofters ; it was the beginning of the villages . |
7 | Their previous cutter Vigilant was still going strong and it was hoped that Searcher would have an equally successful career . |
8 | Er i and it was given that image by pointing the cameras at at at the flats , and then spieling off the crime figures for the whole subdivision . |
9 | And it was given new nourishment by a series of Hitler speeches in late 1940 and early 1941 which aimed to strengthen confidence in final victory and create the impression that the decisive strike to end the war — people still presumed that it would be against Britain — would take place in the course of the next twelve months . |
10 | It was good , and it was getting better , and no matter what he did , all the old tricks that had always worked so well , the talking in the wings , blocking her when she was on stage , that voice never faltered . |
11 | And it was getting hot . |
12 | And it was getting colder . |
13 | She was cold ; she did n't know where she was , and it was getting dark . |
14 | Now the day was over and it was getting dark outside and the Zoo would soon be closed . |
15 | It was cold , with an east wind blowing from the sea , and it was getting dark . |
16 | Fire kept flashing in the cave , dazzling her , and it was getting harder and harder to think clearly . |
17 | The light was fading and it was getting difficult to distinguish what was happening . |
18 | No-one had ever done anything like it in rock and roll and it was getting incredible press . |
19 | The light was fading and it was getting cold ; Edward decided to pack it in . |
20 | SERC decided earlier last year to cut its budget for neutron sources by £5m and it was announced last November that the government would be renegotiating its contribution to the neutron source at the Institut Laue-Langevin ( ILL ) in Grenoble , France . |
21 | The company , which owns Spear & Jackson , the garden tools manufacturer , has been the subject of recurrent speculation for months , and it was fuelled last month when Neill announced a fall in pre-tax profits from £2.71m to just £28,000 in the first half . |
22 | North Merseyside was dismissed immediately as existing staff would be unlikely to wish to relocate to the area and it was felt such a location would not serve to enhance the company 's recruitment image . |
23 | The new system would still have needed considerable further development and it was felt necessary to terminate the project . |
24 | However , as a result of the reorganisation of local government effected by the Local Government Act 1972 , section 262 , most of this legislation had lapsed or been repealed , and it was felt necessary to enact something to replace it . |
25 | Discussions had been held with the Asia Pacific Group , and it was felt suitable to have a Philippines focus . |
26 | Er and it was felt appropriate at the time that that should be indicated on the T the key diagram to be to be helpful more than nothing else . |
27 | As it was difficult to convert the square-ended chancel into living accommodation and it was felt important to retain part of the church in its original state , this area was left almost untouched in order to operate as a multi-purpose ‘ community room ’ . |
28 | After the attack , police and the RSPCA were unable to control the dog , and it was shot dead . |
29 | Wilson was particularly pleased when , in the re-drafting of this document at his behest , the section on planning agreements was ‘ cut down to size ’ and it was made plain that the NEB would have no ‘ marauding role ’ . |
30 | In 1747 the postmaster of Stirling was one of the magistrates , Bailie Maiben , and it was made clear enough that his job was at stake in the political contest of that year , for Sir Peter Halkett of Pitfirrane , one of the candidates seeking to represent the district in parliament , complained to Lord Milton that the bailie |