Example sentences of "it was [vb pp] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 A man used to hand it back in when the bus ran in and it was given out the next day .
2 And for 1,500 miles it was carried on the current without power , navigational gear or a radio transmitter .
3 However , what is slightly more problematic than the end of the prosecution is why it was brought in the first place .
4 Our folk up at Dalvaine and that , they spoke the Gaelic long after it was spoken down the glen .
5 In it was set down the ‘ The Fundamental Purpose Of The United States ’ and ‘ The Fundamental Design Of The Kremlin' together with their ‘ Underlying Conflict In The Realm Of Ideas And Values ’ .
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