Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] and it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he did and it was voted on and it was agreed . |
| 2 | well that was , you know I mean they were all waiting they had all got their arm bands on and it was do we take them in or not ? |
| 3 | Notwithstanding their absences , the day-today business of government had to be carried on and it was left to Ministers of the Crown to do this , noting their resolutions and decisions for later transmission to the monarch . |
| 4 | By noon the sun has come up and it 's getting very warm ; the orchard appears peaceful , the sound of guns seem a long distance away . |
| 5 | Workfare was on the committee 's agenda but the committee has now been wound up and it is thought workfare has been pushed back as an idea requiring long-term consideration rather than implementation in the near future . |
| 6 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 7 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 8 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 9 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 10 | On the other hand , in many instances the repossession order is not carried out and it is estimated that only 60 per cent of orders eventually result in repossession . |
| 11 | In the meantime , a search for a suitable building site had been carried out and it was decided that ground at Leith being prepared before the war for the Western Harbour extension was ideally suited for the purpose . |
| 12 | It was an actual roar he let out and it was mingled with Jessie 's scream as he tore her from the shelter of the coalhouses and the young man 's arms . |
| 13 | During the summer months climbing charges rose considerably and it was rumoured that climbing access would be curtailed , due , in part , to malicious damage to gates and fencing ( although there was no proof that this was done by climbers ) . |
| 14 | There is a stony silence , Dolores hides her head and turns away and it 's left to Fergal to say in solemn tones : |
| 15 | It started to pour in and it was compared with previous . |
| 16 | Wainfleet had put on his most triumphant expression as Marshall and Wickham strolled in and it was deflating to realize it was wasted . |
| 17 | There is a massive sub-culture there , looking backwards and it 's getting more insidious all the time . |
| 18 | In the report members of the police were accused of acting illegally and it was suggested that they were biased in favour of Inkatha . |
| 19 | The South Metropolitan Company 's turn came later and it was transferred with effect from 14 June 1913 . |
| 20 | It needs to be done now and it 's going to cost us more if we leave it till later , on that point I ca n't agree with your budget , so , I 'm afraid , it 's roads that put me against it . |
| 21 | I went back into the pub : came out and it was finished , and I brought it home . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ That is not to say I am not looking around and it 's reassuring that there 's money available if necessary . |
| 23 | In March of 1888 negotiations with Mr Quarry were still continuing but by September of that year a proposed lease for purchase on the ground had been drawn up and it was signed on 10 December 1888 . |
| 24 | Many application forms for membership were handed out and it is hoped that our numbers will grow as a result . |
| 25 | The youngster said : ‘ I turned around and it was coming straight for me . |
| 26 | They were not , they were not dispensed with , well one could look back in seventy eight and say retrospectively how that process could have been started considerably earlier , er the honourable gentleman knows perfectly well that er as the Maastricht bill was winding its way through here it was n't really practical to run this but indeed the processes were started before the governing legislation was on the statute book and I quite understand why honourable gentlemen opposite wish to make their party points , particularly those particularly those who were not in the house in seventy eight which er does n't I think apply to the honourable gentleman from from Birmingham , when he knows perfectly well that the same kind of machinery is used now was used then and it was used as fairly and as honestly and as completely impartially as the time allowed . |
| 27 | The aroma of drying fish hangs heavily and it is stifling . |
| 28 | One of the greatest centres of renaissance art , Raphael and Brumante were born here and it is surrounded by massive ramparts , set amid rolling hills and dominated by the superb 15th century Palazzo Ducale . |
| 29 | Where the water 's stuck and it keeps coming down and it 's getting quite wide where anyone could slip in . |
| 30 | Framlingham reached 60 without loss but the left-arm spinner , Daniel Jackson , broke through and it was left to the final pair to scramble a victory by one wicket . |