Example sentences of "it was [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guy who owns it was shouting all kinds of stuff and he let it slip . |
| 2 | It was situated several kilometres outside the city and sprawled across three hundred acres . |
| 3 | It was to counter such developments that the Reaganites and their allies in Congress resorted to a reconciliation strategy . |
| 4 | See Stewart v. Dunphy , 1980 S.L.T. ( Notes ) 93 in which it was decided such persons were guilty of an offence . |
| 5 | It was revealed many years later that Sid had not actually bought the winning ticket but had found it mysteriously floating in his half-time Bovril . |
| 6 | It was to take several years and unexpected pressures before general progress in this direction was achieved , but it is important to remember that there were views being canvassed in the CNAA and more widely that pointed towards a possible further ‘ collective resolution ’ . |
| 7 | An Act of 1485 had already made hunting in disguise or by night a felony ; it was re-enacted several times so that Forest offenders could be prosecuted at Quarter Sessions or at Assizes . |
| 8 | It was hoped some aspects of traffic separation would be made mandatory , although he would not specify which . |
| 9 | Dr Bob Woodward and his brother John became interested in the pavement when it was uncovered some years ago . |
| 10 | But she still did not realize how unnecessary it was to attend such events , and she continued to go to all the scheduled treats . |
| 11 | On the fist occasion , the effect was to build up worrying inflationary pressures ; on the second , it was to create more bankruptcies , higher unemployment , lower investment ( thus higher unit costs ) and , arguably — with a persistent tendency for wage costs to continue to rise — higher , not lower , inflation . |
| 12 | She said the Church could not afford to refuse to ordain women if it was to win more supporters . |
| 13 | Although the rebels had begun an air ferry with six planes they had at their disposal , it was clear that the rate of transfer thus achieved was much too slow and that the only hope of improving it was to obtain more planes from outside Spain . |
| 14 | The money dispensers in the capital could only be approached through their acolyte , whose job it was to demand some offerings and make the right moves to ensure success . |
| 15 | It was finished many years ago and has never been moved since . |
| 16 | In this case a solution was at hand , although it helped the teacher rather more than the children : it was to neglect those children working in curriculum areas perceived to be relatively unimportant ( such as art and topic work ) , to devise for them low-level activities which could be tackled with minimal teacher intervention , and to focus attention on those children who demanded it . |
| 17 | It 's not so much changing T N T , it was changing some influences that 's effecting Mary . |
| 18 | ‘ Freesias ! ’ breathed Dimity with rapture , thinking how dreadfully extravagant dear Charles had been , and yet how delicious it was to have such treasures brought to her . |
| 19 | It remained as one of the Abbey 's treasures until it was stolen some years ago . |
| 20 | It was to prevent such problems that the Central Land Board had been given powers of compulsory purchase at the ‘ correct ’ price . |