Example sentences of "[vb past] it [was/were] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In 1989 , industry claimed it was spending $34 billion a year to comply with pollution control legislation . |
| 4 | Despite the heat of the afternoon , she felt shivery , and guessed it was delayed shock . |
| 5 | The only time he opened it was to have food passed in and out . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A gap opened between them , and they both knew it was called age . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | At first , I thought it was spilt wine but then it spread and I noticed little splashes coming down from the ceiling above . |
| 11 | Other Danuese , particularly the ex-FAKINTIL in the malai battalions , thought it was to help planes to home in more accurately . |
| 12 | I thought it was blooming escudos , yeah it is Portugal in n it ? |
| 13 | The move came just 24 hours after the BBC announced it was axing Russ Abbot after audience ratings fell . |
| 14 | December 1991 : The Academy of Culinary Arts announced it was facing liquidation . |
| 15 | BBA , the automotive parts to aircraft interiors group , yesterday announced it was tapping shareholders for £126 million to pay for expansion in continental Europe . |
| 16 | When McCaw Cellular Communications announced it was to swap $600m of its junk bonds for stock , the price of the bonds shot up . |
| 17 | Last month , it announced it was buying Specialty Coatings International , of the US , for £305 million via a £295 million cash call . |
| 18 | Yesterday the Department of the Environment announced it was to begin consultation for the Lisburn Area Plan 1993 to 2008 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It was with some relief that he found a village which actually admitted it was called Short Soham . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Forum also revealed it was proposing Mr Jan Czarnogursky , the prominent Slovak lawyer and human rights activist who only last month under the old regime was put on trial , for the post of prime minister or first deputy prime minister . |
| 23 | The only reason we did it was to gain notoriety . |
| 24 | Defence barrister Connor O'Kane said it was costing Mrs Patterson a total of £2,500 to fly over expert witnesses during the case . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought you said it was called London . ’ |
| 26 | The company sounded a note of caution yesterday when it said it was seeing margin pressure in some other areas of the business . |
| 27 | Sun said it was bringing action over the alleged theft to keep the playing field level , claiming Axil 's illegal head start cut potential investment in the Sparc architecture . |
| 28 | Sun said it was bringing action over the alleged theft to keep the playing field level , claiming Axil 's illegal headstart decreased potential investment in the Sparc architecture . |
| 29 | My stomach said it was eating time again . |
| 30 | Frequent nights on the tiles , punch-ups and eager girlfriends were clearly taking their toll on him and Manuel said it was taking Sombro longer to get over his binges when he came home . |