Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] [verb] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was decided to have two selectors who have made significant contributions to contemporary art ; one artist and one critic . |
| 2 | After lunch , it was decided to harness two Shetland ponies to a dog cart and give all the children who were too small to manage their own mounts a ride around the park . |
| 3 | But since only a limited amount could be achieved within the overloaded RHA capital programme , it was decided to select two for a closure programme within the strategic planning period ( 1983 to 1993 ) . |
| 4 | Initially it was planned to have two mid-mounted eight-cylinder 1,000 hp automobile engines driving two scimitar-shaped multi-bladed pusher propellers located aft of the tailplanes , but this arrangement has been dropped in favour of mounting the propellers on pylons above the wing trailing-edges apparently to enable the racer to be float-equipped for an attempt at the six-decades-old world airspeed record for seaplanes . |
| 5 | It was said to have two sets of strings only , at 8' pitch , and , on the evidence of its appearance , it was to be dated to the first quarter of the 18th century . |
| 6 | Much of the original wooden machinery is intact — it was used to drive two pairs of millstones for grinding corn . |
| 7 | The next day it was found dumped two miles away . |
| 8 | Consequently the locomotive was returned to Bridgnorth and was not able to fulfil its Red Rose run on Monday September 23rd , which would have taken the locomotive from Crewe to Carnforth where it was to have had two south-bound outings on Cumbrian Mountain Expresses of October 26th and November 16th . |
| 9 | It was forced to withdraw two drugs from the States this year because they failed to meet US standards . |