Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the public on Møn was a small one and the park was visited primarily by public servants from other parts of Denmark , whose job it was to plant out public places — and also by visitors to the Villa and The Tamarisks . |
| 2 | The pinder , whose job it was to round up stray animals and keep them in the pinfold , to be released on payment of a fine , was also known as the axeman . |
| 3 | The Department of Trade and Industry announced that it was setting up working groups to examine the scope for changing some of the most complex areas of company law . |
| 4 | It was disguised as if it were some form of regional assistance , whereas it was bailing out uneconomic , old industries which ought to have been modernised . |
| 5 | It was blown up last year . |
| 6 | It was pointed out that SSC grades jobs , not SMT . |
| 7 | Later , it was to take on consultative functions ; in practice , most observers expected it to act as a clearing house for mutual trade between its members , which was expected to remain important for some years , and to co-ordinate east European policy toward the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 8 | The future is a plate of steel floor covering that creaks and whistles as it is dragged clear of the supports to which it was bolted down thirty years before . |
| 9 | A modern drainage system means that the village rarely floods these days , but the village green , known locally as ‘ The Pond ’ though it was filled in many years ago , shows signs of its former glory whenever there is a heavy rainstorm , and a decent fall of snow , combined with the winds so common to the Wolds , can still cut the village off from the outside world . |
| 10 | In fact Well there was Craighead was it was built up high on the hill side . |
| 11 | And it was brought up last time that erm , in the Potter Street area , not enough was being done to occupy the minds of the |
| 12 | In fact the whole financial framework of NEP was shaky , and much of it was brought in piecemeal on ad hoc lines , as was the case with the vital currency reforms . |
| 13 | The castle was believed to be impregnable but after seven days it was taken on 6 July and restored to Constantine de Born . |
| 14 | It was taken down 200 years later in order to widen Cheapside . |
| 15 | No , of course not — it was typed out first . |
| 16 | It was clocking up 10 times more assembly line rejects . |
| 17 | It was switched off five days later . |
| 18 | The manager replied it was cleaned out that morning , and came with us to take another look . |
| 19 | He added that at CCCs fourth quarter closing , it was signing up new licensees at a 30% higher rate than anticipated . |
| 20 | It was set up that way , certainly , but was it set up by him ? ’ |
| 21 | Hugh you 've been minister of the parish of Inverleith here in Edinburgh for the past seventeen years , and I understand you were one of the very first vice convenors of the Board when it was set up eight years ago having already served the church on the former Interchurch Relations Committee . |
| 22 | It was set up five years ago as a new shop to combine the Art Bookshop and the Poster Gallery , which prior to that had been part of the Paperback Bookshop . |
| 23 | One of several , it was set up 15 years ago and , using immunotherapy , has an 81 per cent success rate with women who 've had multiple miscarriages . |
| 24 | Our control should be extended to the country and a tripartite commission exists to reform the Labour Code , but it was set up three years ago , and so far there have n't been any results . |
| 25 | He was appointed director of the council when it was set up last year . |
| 26 | It was set up last year at the behest of the Labour leader , John Smith , but has an independent life under Sir Gordon Borrie , former director-general of the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 27 | I , cos I had the strap on my arm , it was pulled off that . |
| 28 | Spokesman Simon Boxer said : ‘ It was dreamed up 20 years ago when scientists believed nuclear power would save the world and feared we would soon run out of uranium . |