Example sentences of "it was [verb] [num ord] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | China denounced the plan when it was announced last October , and threatened dire consequences if Mr Patten refused to back down . |
| 2 | Problems have arisen despite this year 's cash for the NHS appearing , when it was announced last November , to allow for real growth for the first time in years , even after taking into account inevitable pressures such as the rising number of elderly people . |
| 3 | SERC decided earlier last year to cut its budget for neutron sources by £5m and it was announced last November that the government would be renegotiating its contribution to the neutron source at the Institut Laue-Langevin ( ILL ) in Grenoble , France . |
| 4 | Although it was announced last November that the awards would be down to 1.5 per cent , that did not stop politicians and union leaders from condemning the Government 's action . |
| 5 | well , like I 'd say I 'd go down to post office , I say no I 'll go with ya , it was raining last Thursday , I said no I 'll go with ya , so I said I 'll wait and see if it 'll , it 'll be fine , but he 's not like that he 's an old , I would n't , well |
| 6 | It was dated 14th June 1973 . |
| 7 | It was printed next Sunday in one of the gutter tabloids . |
| 8 | 4 Did you use the VCR and monitor after it was borrowed last Thursday ? |
| 9 | it was taken last July fortnight because Jackie and Tom were away and that |
| 10 | Hewlett-Packard Co has seen off one of those contemptible shareholder class-action lawsuits : it was filed last August and alleged securities laws violations after the company said that it did not expect to meet analysts ' fiscal third quarter estimates ; the judge dismissed the case after Hewlett persuaded the plaintiffs that they were wasting their time and that of the court . |
| 11 | It was launched last July , and the critics hated it . |
| 12 | The Criminal Justice Act was hailed as a far-reaching piece of legislature when it was launched last October . |
| 13 | Hill Murray has been handling the product , which comprises three healthcare policies for the elderly , since it was launched last June to insurance brokers . |
| 14 | Mr Edwards tells me : ‘ That relates to an old bill and it was settled last September . ’ |
| 15 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the most exciting regional museum to be opened last year — it was opened last May by Her Majesty the Queen — was the Tullie House museum in Carlisle ? |