Example sentences of "[vb past] it [was/were] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Stock Exchange confirmed it was investigating the rumours and the share price movement . |
| 2 | On April 2nd the company announced it was slashing the price of its Marlboro cigarettes to compete with plain-brand rivals . |
| 3 | SHARES in John Ritblat 's British Land soared yesterday after the property group announced it was splitting the company in two in an attempt to provide a better deal for shareholders . |
| 4 | Then Kirgizstan suddenly announced it was introducing the som , gave people a week to exchange their roubles at 200 to the som , and made most rouble transactions illegal after May 17th . |
| 5 | The bell rang again : quick , quick , slow , and I realized it was sounding the syllables of my name . |
| 6 | When he next spoke it was to ask the forgiveness of anyone present whom he had unwittingly wronged during his ministry in Krishnapur . |
| 7 | When he spoke it was to change the subject . |
| 8 | The people who said it were telling the truth . |
| 9 | Coun Carr , speaking to the policy resources committee during a pre-budget debate , said it was costing the council £16 per adult to administer poll tax against £7 per property under the old rating system . |
| 10 | The federal army said it was holding the ring between Serb raiders and Croat policemen . |
| 11 | Japan , Peru 's biggest creditor , said it was monitoring the situation . |
| 12 | Anglian Water , which covers East Anglia , with Britain 's fastest growing population and lowest rainfall , said it was taking the action to help preserve water stocks . |
| 13 | A spokeswoman for the Blackpool Pleasure Beach said it was hoped the revitalised Laughing Man would be restored to his glass cabinet within a fortnight . |
| 14 | A council spokesman said it was hoped the sum would ultimately represent a saving for the authority , as the cost of tackling graffiti , which was likely to occur would be far greater . |
| 15 | Peter Kessler , spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) , said it was hoped the ten-truck convoy which set out from Belgrade on Sunday could now proceed to the village of Cerska , where some 25,000 Muslims are trapped . |
| 16 | A spokesman for the Shetland Fishermen 's Association said it was hoped the grounds would escape damage as herring do not spawn until August and September . |
| 17 | In London , the City Panel of Takeovers and Mergers said it was following the situation . |
| 18 | He said it was to prevent the priest being mixed up , it was an opportunity to a new priest to come in and sort of if it had become he could establish groups . |
| 19 | He said it was to discuss the children but what was there to discuss ? |
| 20 | The army said it was checking the reports . |
| 21 | Tonight the Health and Safety executive said it was investigating the fire and added that prior to this incident their ’ information was that the company did n't use materials subject to the Highly Flammable Liquids and Liquified Petroleum Gases Regulations , which impose controls on the use of highly flammable materials in factories . ’ |
| 22 | Paramount said it was changing the name to reflect ‘ the growth and diversity ’ of its publishing activities beyond trade publishing . |
| 23 | BBA said it was making the acquisitions to strengthen its Trench operation , in Canada , the air-cored reactor business acquired with Guthrie Corporation in 1988 . |
| 24 | Meanwhile the United States said it was studying the possibility of parachuting relief supplies to civilians in Bosnia , though it emphasised that such an operation might not be successful in the rugged country . |