Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was such an important discovery that the Mayor and Corporation were persuaded to inspect it the following afternoon and the whole village turned out to wait for them . |
| 2 | I understand they were persuaded to give it a further year 's grace in the hope of improvements to its organisational structure . |
| 3 | The Lions selectors have an impassioned Irish performance to thank for that — and , according to coach Gerry Murphy , a little divine inspiration : ‘ We were going to keep it a secret , ’ he quipped , ‘ but we spent last weekend in Lourdes ’ . |
| 4 | Such a capture of French nationalism would probably have been impossible in Paris ; but , in Hanoi , circumstances were combining to make it a reality . |
| 5 | But surgeons were forced to call it a day because they could n't find the right tools for the job . |
| 6 | Piper had started using Red Indian names for its aircraft and when it inherited the ‘ poor man 's Dakota ’ from Stinson the double fin and rudder layout was replaced with a single one and it was decided to call it the Apache . |
| 7 | Ah that 's after when you , when Jehovah was going to destroy it the death , yes ? |
| 8 | She was going to enjoy it a lot . |
| 9 | Aschmann in his house , all dressed up for a festive occasion , the most glamorous lady in the theatre , was going to make it a party like no other . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Gajdusek lives in the part of Czechoslovakia called Western Bohemia , and I was going to make it a quick flight over , find this place called Mariánské Láznë where he has his home , and shoot back to England again , ’ Cara replied . |
| 11 | His parents ' cottage was restored to make it a suitable birthplace for such a great man . |
| 12 | Though he rejoined the race a few minutes later , Albers , who won the opening round of the series at Donington , was forced to call it a day four laps later . |
| 13 | I found I was trying to announce it the I 'd this and I 'd that in there . |
| 14 | I was tempted to call it a day there and then , pull over and have a kip , but my stomach reminded me that I had n't thrown it a bone since the ploughman 's at lunch-time , and it had been quite an eventful day . |
| 15 | But Inmos Ltd was determined to make it a high profile affair . |