Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [was/were] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before caution could restrain the impulse , he placed his hand over hers where she was resting it on the low wall in front of them . |
| 2 | McLeish carried over a loaded tray , and ate ravenously , noting with interest that Catherine Crane had an equally good appetite , though it was not obvious where she was putting it on that slim frame . |
| 3 | They also held that where it was observed it was unduly restrictive . |
| 4 | But , privatization had not dramatically affected core areas of local government activity by the end of the 1980s , and in those areas where it was implemented it seemed unlikely significantly to undermine bureaucratic power . |
| 5 | Although I was complimented it did not prevent my being officer of the watch . |
| 6 | But she soon realised that the fire was spreading faster than she was putting it out . |
| 7 | There are two main methods of budding — that which may be regarded as the traditional way , and another ‘ new ’ method that is more often used for other shrubs and trees — although we were using it 40 years ago on both bush and standard roses . |
| 8 | It 's about eighty million pounds higher than we were expecting it . |
| 9 | The students of el Azhar , the great Moslem university of Cairo , were only too ready to take to the streets in defence of religion or , indeed , anything at all , and once they were participating it would be very difficult to keep the matter localized . |
| 10 | Later I thought it through and decided a big part of it was that , although he was coining it from the teds , I think he felt he was seen — by his peers — as an artistic cretin . |
| 11 | Pete Coleman was caddying for Bernhard , and Pete had caddied for Seve , for a time , so he was thinking it was one-up to them . |
| 12 | Mum well Susan took him this morning so he was to have it done early at eight |
| 13 | He had tried out such individual projects himself the previous year when the resources first arrived , and the results were encouraging , so he was extending it : " having got more resources they were no longer all fighting over one or two books " . |
| 14 | The structure of Angevin rule in Aquitaine had been severely shaken by the Young King 's intervention , but once he was gone it was not difficult to pick up the pieces . |
| 15 | And if I were to put it , If you have an opportunity of two sites and the development of one is capable of causing damage to existing characteristics and the other is not , would you go for the the one which would not cause damage rather than the one which would , or would you willy-nilly plump for either ? |
| 16 | If I were to put it in er stewed apples or something I would n't eat the actual ginger but in a casserole , it 's nice . |
| 17 | ‘ I hardly think that it would help you if I were to give it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If I were coining it down in the bull market , ’ I reminded him , ‘ and you were my oldest friend and out of work and you came up with two corking girls like that , I 'd be honoured to pay the bill . ’ |
| 19 | " I could n't possibly afford the flat if I were renting it now , but I got it on a long lease just after the war , when rents were much less than they are today , " she said . |
| 20 | It seemed as if I were speaking it … |
| 21 | Again , I could not afford much of it if I were buying it now . |
| 22 | If I were writing it now … |
| 23 | You see if I would go back , if I were doing it , to Times Heavy Titling or one of those do it all caps forget that . |
| 24 | perhaps if I were dusting it might |
| 25 | Notice how this is beautifully covered with my fingerprints now which it would n't be if I was handling it properly . |
| 26 | If I was writing it now I would change it , it is too long for a start , there are about four different sections to it . ’ |
| 27 | It 's just possible Mr Deputy Speaker , it 's just possible I may not be selected for all kinds of reasons but if I was selected it might at least give the people of that lovely part of the world the chance of having the referendum they never had over Maastricht because of the shameful way in which the Labour party was not willing to allow the people to have their say on that vital issue . |
| 28 | But if I was to say it , it 's different . |
| 29 | If I was to enter it a number , one O two . |
| 30 | I wanted the silence to go on , but , as I listened , it felt as if I was racing it . |