Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] was [vb pp] [conj] it " in BNC.

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1 Nineteenth-century legislation swept away the fictions upon which trover was based and it became the modern action for conversion , though no change was made in the substance of the law .
2 In 1966 its role was expanded when it took over the Ministries of Aviation and Fuel and Power .
3 A third trend was centred upon growing awareness of the difference between the real world and the way in which environment was perceived because it was such perception which influenced decision-making and therefore management .
4 TEN passengers escaped injury when their train was derailed after it collided with a herd of cattle straying on a line in Co Durham , last night .
5 The sound began before our search was completed and it stopped me in my tracks , leaving Malc to continue alone .
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