Example sentences of "[vb past] it [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she woke it was to the incessant chattering of the wheels against the rails and Emily thought she would never arrive at her destination . |
| 2 | But when one came it was on the break , Tovalieri getting Bari 's third . |
| 3 | Reckoned it was in the superstructure below somewhere . ’ |
| 4 | The judge was impressed but reckoned it was in the wrong section . |
| 5 | We know nothing of her months there , and we only know that when she returned it was with the dark inner side of her nature woken , so that she must be kept chained and guarded . ’ |
| 6 | Before his reign the site would have been on the southernmost borders of the empire ; when he died it was at the empire 's heart . |
| 7 | ‘ If Haines recommended the Jockey Club should be abolished we would have to consider it and if we felt it was for the benefit of racing we would do it , ’ Lord Hartington said . |
| 8 | Despite his brotherly teasing and criticisms , he was devoted to her and would not be speaking in this fashion unless he felt it was for the best . |
| 9 | We felt it was in the public interest to test security there . |
| 10 | Blake felt it was like the muse which inspired him , and dictated from a hidden recess that he must write and what he had to write . |
| 11 | ‘ Anyway , ’ Miss Rene continued , ‘ immediately we saw this we knew it was of the highest quality . |
| 12 | When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time . |
| 13 | Their lawyer , Patricia Hambrecht , says : ‘ We witnessed a dramatic drop in our appraisal business for donations to institutions , and even though we realised it was not in our narrow self-interest , we knew it was for the good of the overall arts community ’ . |
| 14 | He knew it was in the interests of the City that the Tories win the next election . |
| 15 | In the far corner , the cat cowered as if it knew it was in the presence of death . |
| 16 | The next thing I knew it was in the back of the net and I was celebrating . |
| 17 | Granpa thought it could well have been a Saturday , felt it most likely the month had been January , was confident the year was 1900 , and knew it was in the reign of Queen Victoria . |
| 18 | We left there , we left about half five , six in the morning did n't we and we were getting lost in and we knew it was in the village in that town but we could n't find it and we kept getting lost so we all pulled her up and he went back and he said to this man can you tell me where the |
| 19 | Tallis thought it was about the middle of the day . |
| 20 | Yeah , I thought it was about the best one ever . |
| 21 | An opinion poll in the Sunday Times showed that 80% of the population backed Britain 's military involvement , and 60% thought it was worth the loss of British servicemen 's lives to regain Kuwait . |
| 22 | did n't like us , oh no , no , no matter where we went there was always , there was n't trouble like there is now , I mean there was no violence as such you know , but we thought it was at the time , you know , they were n't very nice to us at all |
| 23 | I thought it was at the tenth anniversary , every five years after that , I did n't realise that came into , John said it was . |
| 24 | I thought it was for the best . |
| 25 | I thought it was on the right hand side as you went into village . |
| 26 | I thought it was on the cards ( Barnsley possibly ? ) during close season ? |
| 27 | I thought it was on the main road ? |
| 28 | First I thought it was like the one I used to own . |
| 29 | and half of it is rubbish and decent rubbish and that 's rubbish there it is I knew it was in here somewhere I knew I thought it was in the Prima they gave it to you but obviously it was erm in Essentials everything out of there do n't think they had many Christmas You used to was it you , you see you can make your own , was it you that we went up to town that time and brought those erm from John Lewis the round |
| 30 | The men and women who made it were among the friends who welcomed us to Nigeria and Ghana . |