Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were glad to see it go . |
| 2 | I would of thought so Mr yes , yes , erm , alright well Mr Mr erm this is a rather odd exercise in a way and as you know my first thoughts were they were better to leave it to see what , how the , how the judgment came out of it , but erm , erm , I do regard the matter as er , as a , as a whole as of very considerable importance both to both sides of this case and erm , it did seem to me on considering it , er , from recovering from the dentist that er , an , an outline of erm |
| 3 | We submitted our paper ( or a shortened version ) to six journals , including three directly or indirectly concerned in the particular incident , but were unable to get it published . |
| 4 | ‘ Epos is the next best thing to a crystal ball , and we were able to use it to plan ahead . |
| 5 | But we were able to stop it getting into the farm house . ’ |
| 6 | Purchased by the Association in May 1989 , extensive alterations were necessary to convert it to provide for eight residents , the first of whom arrived in September 1990 . |
| 7 | What decided her in the end was that the new job specification covered much of the work she had already been doing at Stoy 's for C&R and she was loth to let it go . |
| 8 | It had receded on a faint wave of sound , but it was possible to imagine it working hard against the up-grade of the Withcall tunnel cutting . |
| 9 | ‘ I was sorry to see it go in a way , but on the other hand it 's been laid up for many years and now it 's going to give pleasure to other people . |
| 10 | The suit she was wearing was the colour and texture of sacking , a foreign-looking suit somehow with those buttoned pockets , but the ticket collector was willing to bet it had n't cost a penny less than forty guineas . |
| 11 | When some years ago I decided to pay the Life Governor 's subscription the expense was for me a serious cost but was willing to pay it to ensure that I should continue to enjoy the privileges without having to worry about future subscriptions when I had retired from salaried work . |
| 12 | Then one evening , Cendrars was delighted to find it gone . |
| 13 | She was content to let it wash over her , occasionally noticing , like someone with a different first language , the way they laughed at things she did n't see the humour of , were made angry by perfectly innocent-sounding newspaper articles , discussed people she had never heard of as if they were better known than the Royal Family . |
| 14 | Owen , equally alarmed , was content to let it rest like that while he tried to see a way through the likely complications . |
| 15 | He was content to let it go . |
| 16 | He was tired of wrestling with it , brooding about it , sometimes looking at his bride 's back with violent puzzlement ; but now , surrounded by this covert attention , he was glad to let it go : he would take tea like a lord with his family . |
| 17 | Bonar Law 's position remains enigmatic , for he promoted fusion and yet was glad to see it fail . |
| 18 | Er it was better to leave it to burn out do you see . |
| 19 | It was better to let it rot out on the field then go to the trouble to carry it wet because it would only rot or become mouldy and absolutely useless . |
| 20 | Edward IV , however , was unwilling to see it go . |
| 21 | Edward IV , however , was unwilling to see it go . |
| 22 | Mr Harper said : ‘ It was such a beautiful thing , it was terrible to watch it die . ’ |
| 23 | As for the Japanese theme last year at Grosvenor House , it was good to see it taken seriously by exhibitors . |
| 24 | you see if it was a fine stand crop you could cut quite a bit but if it was all raffled it took a while . |
| 25 | He was reluctant to let it go . |
| 26 | Against the left-hand wall stood an old-fashioned gas stove so heavy that Meg was unable to move it to clean behind it and preferred not to think of the accumulated grease of decades gumming it to the wall . |
| 27 | Although the " invasion " was rapidly repressed by the Army , it suited Franco 's purposes perfectly , for he was able to use it to support his theory that communism was an ever-present threat . |
| 28 | he was able to let it go |
| 29 | But , he said , he 'd enjoyed eating in the restaurant for the last 20 years and he was pleased to see it revived . |
| 30 | She was not responsible for him and he was daft to allow it to become so bad . |