Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also held that where it was observed it was unduly restrictive . |
| 2 | From the moment that they were introduced it was plain that they were meant for one another . |
| 3 | erm in general we must remember that Iran was erm stating very clearly that it was exporting it 's revolution and there were statements which came out from the Iraqui from the Irani revolutionary committee that they were against the Arab states at the time and that they were very committed towards liberating Israel through Baghdad and such statements was coming , so obviously erm the Arabs had to stick together according to charter of the league of Arab states , which everybody was a member of , and Iraq being subjected to war it was natural for the Arabs to give Iraq support . |
| 4 | Pete Coleman was caddying for Bernhard , and Pete had caddied for Seve , for a time , so he was thinking it was one-up to them . |
| 5 | The structure of Angevin rule in Aquitaine had been severely shaken by the Young King 's intervention , but once he was gone it was not difficult to pick up the pieces . |
| 6 | MINTO : Paxford and I were saying it was so clear . |
| 7 | And I was thinking it 's about time to go and have our tea . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ When I got home I called the NRA freephone pollution number and I was told it was too dark and cold for anyone to go down and somebody would be there first thing in the morning . |
| 9 | Nevertheless some valued individual work is undertaken and I was told it was often most effective when carried out jointly with a Probation Officer , each undertaking specific but complementary work . |
| 10 | ‘ I felt if I was dropped it was not too bad to be dropped in favour of the second-best hooker in England . ’ |
| 11 | that 's right , yes , cos she was thinking it was Friday , oh , you were there were you ? |
| 12 | The majors were quite polite and everything , it was n't like they were saying it was a load of rubbish . |
| 13 | Certainly it was the view adopted , for example , when we had a 6 month interregnum in Dublin , and it was assumed it was my responsibility to hold the fort . |
| 14 | If it was conditioning it was deep as her bones and marrow . |
| 15 | By all the normal rules I should have pulled away before that , but if the road was clear I could let things get more serious before doing anything , and if it was blocked it was already too late . |
| 16 | Lord James promised to monitor the situation and to bring legislation forward if it were proved it was needed . |
| 17 | But I was hoping it was off for good er but it did n't work out that way cos of the weather . |
| 18 | Yeah I know but I was thinking it 's alright but where you gon na put it ? |
| 19 | Whenever possible I try to get a Lecture Theatre , erm but I was told it was booked all day today we were originally in presentation room then came , so be grateful we 're in the Board Room . |
| 20 | But none of the Oxford goal scorers are actually in the national charts , but we were saying it 's because so many of them are scoring , Foyle , Magilton , Nogan , Simpson and Stein — all have scored seven or more . |
| 21 | Well we did take some er legal advice on it and we were told that it was not illegal , erm I mean we think it 's highly immoral erm , but we were told it was not illegal , because they did not actually use the er the redundancy money did not come out of the fund , only this enhanced pension etcetera which was using up the , the surplus and we were told |
| 22 | which I was , which I was very worried about because I was told it was a substitute for sex |
| 23 | Oh yes I I mean the Irish Water Spaniel well well we got ours because I was told it was the most intelligent dog in the world . |
| 24 | We were lucky last week cos half of us have got netball , half of us have got hockey , but last week because it was raining it was too bad for the hockey people to go out cos they co , with it being dark as well so we , we just stayed inside . |
| 25 | The book , by Andrew Morton , created a stir because it was assumed it was written with her implicit approval . |
| 26 | As the intention in this study was to have subjects make estimates while they were driving it was decided that this would be unnecessarily difficult . |
| 27 | The day before I was released it was , ‘ Oh well , see you when you come back ’ , not ‘ Good luck , do n't come back . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I had a test done and when I was told it was positive , my husband and I both knew , as if by some sort of sixth sense , that this was the baby that would make it . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Before when I was boostin' it was shoplifting , misdemeanour , doin' 90 days — nowadays it 's robbery one , and attempted assault if you get caught with a razor . |
| 30 | I thought they might be going to pay their rents , for I was told it was about the settling-time . |