Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] were [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It 's about eighty million pounds higher than we were expecting it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I hardly think that it would help you if I were to give it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | " 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 . |
| 9 | It seemed as if I were speaking it … |
| 10 | Again , I could not afford much of it if I were buying it now . |
| 11 | If I were writing it now … |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | perhaps if I were dusting it might |
| 14 | In the process my middle was doubled up and it felt roughly as if somebody were squashing it between two metal plates studded with nails . |
| 15 | She did n't actually say , ‘ Please hurry up , oh please hurry up , ’ but she might just as well have done : her mouth twitched as if she were muttering it inwardly , her eyes kept darting to the clock on the mantelpiece and there were red , nervous spots on her cheeks . |
| 16 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 17 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 18 | The last thing in the world she had thought of becoming was a parson 's wife , and if she were to consider it for any length of time she would refuse through lack of courage . |
| 19 | And , whilst we do n't get the sense in , i as we read it in our English version , if you were reading it , evidently , in a Hebrew version , the ch , second chapter , you would find that there are four different words used in the Hebrew language to describe the relationship that Boaz had with Ruth . |
| 20 | If you were to define it in your mind as — " bottom of wings on top of bar " — you would be more likely to recognise that the actual attitude was , or was not , accurate . |
| 21 | If you were to compare it with a really accurate map there would be very little in common but the map achieves its aim successfully through massive simplification and artificial emphasis of the important features , in this case the stations and interchanges . |
| 22 | But with a th a single wardrobe ironically you ca n't get them up the stairs because soon as you reach that step you 've got another step so if you were to lift it up to the next step it 'll hit the top of the d doorjamb so it wo n't go any further . |
| 23 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 24 | He began toying with a beermat while Rachel , emboldened by his leading questions about her , went on , ‘ May one ask why , if you were enjoying it out there as much as you say you were ? ’ |
| 25 | I did n't know if you were comparing it at the end . |
| 26 | If you were to serve yourself an average helping of cabbage , though , it would usually weigh at least two ounces if you were eating it raw as part of a portion of coleslaw , for example , or four ounces if you were serving boiled cabbage . |
| 27 | Playing the exact same solos every night on tour is good too , because the notes are firmly ingrained in your head and that makes it harder for you to mess up in a major way , which is something that could happen if you were winging it every night . |
| 28 | Interestingly enough I 've got a book er back in my office about things like T V comedy and situation comedy and stuff like that and also y'know kind of variety sort of comedy with sketches and s y'know Two Ronnies , Monty Pythons and stuff erm would that be of any use to you if you were to borrow it ? |
| 29 | But , if you were buying it at a garage you were probably gon na pay at least four |
| 30 | If you were to visit it you would be struck by the quietness of the small pool . |