Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] it [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little did they know that it was for the pocket of Mr S. Caplan . |
| 2 | See I did n't , I , I , and he gave me , I was here , oh I do n't know if it was about a fortnight ago I was here . |
| 3 | I would n't know if it was from the heart of Palmolive 's Flakes Department or Mrs Beaton 's Home Cooking Department . |
| 4 | But it was very trying and I do n't know if it was like a part of me that was being grabbing or trying to weasel my way into David 's affections . |
| 5 | The man that was on the mower , they had an eye to that they would just wait until it was off the the Where it was cut you see ? |
| 6 | She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him . |
| 7 | Few words had passed between them over the past week , and now she could see that it was with an effort he said , ‘ Your mother tells me about this idea of hers . |
| 8 | But if he did he would see that it was in an old barn , and not at all legal , and then he would make her come home . |
| 9 | I saw Lukic launch into the tackle and it looked , for all the world , like it was going to end up as a foul but I could n't see if it was outside the area . |
| 10 | If you were to see an adult goat jump like this , it would usually mean that it was in a desperate situation . |
| 11 | she did n't realise until it was in the paper |
| 12 | Brown could n't tell whether it was from the day spent in police custody or the general tension electrifying the population . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , but he would n't come because it was in a registry office . |
| 14 | For those reasons , I would declare that it was within the power of the single justice ; indeed , it was her duty on the Friday to complete the proceeding under section 7(5) of the Act of 1976 , and that it was unlawful for her to adjourn the matter to the following Monday , she having no power to do so , and that the decision of the justices on the Monday was correct . |
| 15 | If he had , he would have heard me say that it was for the Attorney-General to enforce the law , not the Government . |
| 16 | And in this case you would not agree to statement being written , say being read out , you would n't require him to be present , and it could not be introduced under section twenty four because the court would find that it was in the interests of ju justice that it does n't . |