Example sentences of "it was [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SCO claims it was misunderstood all those long months we thought it was decommitting from ACE , shuffling the MIPS work back to DEC and favouring Intel . |
| 2 | There was a number of men who had passed for Sergeant 's rank , and the only way they could get it was to report another policeman so they could go to the chief constable on a discipline charge . |
| 3 | When the Exhibitors Herald described The Song of Life ( 1922 ) as being ‘ an appealing and forceful story of life 's drab realities ’ and in particular of ‘ the dull existence of a track laborer 's wife ’ it was complimenting worthy endeavour rather than laying the foundation for a blockbuster . |
| 4 | It was to resist this wave of caesarism that Jovellanos pressed for the summoning of a general Cortes which would represent the nation against the generals . |
| 5 | It was confirmed this week that Ulster stars David Humphreys , Gary Longwell and Innes Gray were all staying with the students next season , with Humphreys as captain . |
| 6 | NEARLY £5billion has been put up by 2.2million private investors chasing water shares , it was confirmed last night , making the sale one of the most popular privatisations . |
| 7 | KING Hussein of Jordan DID have cancer , it was confirmed last night . |
| 8 | AN in-depth report on the Government 's major skills training scheme that was delivered to the Department of Employment three weeks ago will remain unpublished , it was confirmed last night . |
| 9 | It was confirmed last night that the idea of privately-run detention centres was being pursued within the Home Office . |
| 10 | It was confirmed last night that Mr Lynch will work with Mr Bleasdale to plan the structure , budgets and contracts required for the ScotRail operating franchise — one of the first due to be set up under the privatisation plans . |
| 11 | How amusing it was to watch this young man , he thought . |
| 12 | By late 1874 it was producing various types of coloured printing papers , as well as newsprint , on a 54-inch machine . |
| 13 | The year the shop opened she hired a new dress designer , Jacqui Smale , fresh from the Royal College of Art , and told her how sensible she thought it was to wear uniform because this removed the agonies of planning what to wear each day as well as the decisions about accessories to go with the clothes . |
| 14 | I mean it was taking that whole Swiss thing and saying that okay these are the new rules , whereas The Guardian accepts some of the old rules . |
| 15 | It was taking all her concentration to breathe normally , not be begin shaking again , with their arms linked and their bodies so close . |
| 16 | It was taking all the pleasure out of things and Maggie 's lips drooped like a disappointed girl 's . |
| 17 | It was taking all her powers of concentration just to keep warm . |
| 18 | He also suspected it was taking poor Sombro even longer to get home after a heavy session ! |
| 19 | Fortuna was smiling on me and my haphazard trip felt as if it was taking some kind of shape , a dynamic and a logic of its own . |
| 20 | One of the arms holding it was getting tired . |
| 21 | I was sweating now even though it was getting cooler . |
| 22 | It was getting impossible to keep their relationship in two separate compartments . |
| 23 | It was only 7.30 am but already it was getting hot . |
| 24 | And it was getting hot . |
| 25 | With a large pocket handkerchief he wiped the perspiration from his forehead ; it was getting hot . |
| 26 | IT WAS getting embarrassing . |
| 27 | By now it was getting late and I began to worry . |
| 28 | It was getting late and her youngest child , Tudor , who had accompanied her to the funeral , and was now waiting for her in the local hotel , would be growing anxious . |
| 29 | It was getting late and the old Princess was visibly tiring . |
| 30 | It was getting early evening now , it was getting time to eat . |