Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [conj] it [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think Steve you were you were suggesting that it was only the G three T one . |
| 2 | We were to discover that it was just large enough to hold a corpse and two breathlessly claustrophobic busy-bodies . |
| 3 | Matza would clearly be wrong , on the other hand , if he were implying that it was inherently impossible for a corrective stance to acknowledge the ‘ patent tenability and durability of deviant enterprise ’ . |
| 4 | When we asked Russian officials whether the beef was having any impact on meat prices in Russia , we were told that it was not . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | However , if the sun were to shrink until it was only a few miles across , the bending would be so great that light leaving the sun would not get away but would be dragged back by the sun 's gravitational field . |
| 7 | However , numerous difficulties were encountered and it was not until 1961 that a relatively successful programme budgeting system was introduced into the US Department of Defense by the Rand Corporation . |
| 8 | Now that would do , that would do whether the , whether the knuckles were hurt or it was just a minor cut in the palm of the hand there , that would do and you can use the same type of bandage on the foot alright , so that 's if the hand was damaged , now supposing we did n't have the hand damaged , but we had instead a cut up here , okay , again clean it and if you clean it with lots of water always remember to dry off around the wound because bugs love a moist skin to grow in , dry the wound before you apply the dressing okay if you can , dry it off the best you can and then you 're going to place that over the cut , remember you want the pad to be long enough , big enough , okay , now she can hold this for you again , she can hold it above where the wound is and now when you bandage this one you always bandage from the narrow part to the fat part of the limb , you always bandage from the narrow to the fat , so you take the bandage down |
| 9 | The suitcases were repacked and it was back to Harpurhey in North Manchester , after just one year in the sun . |
| 10 | The m public consultation meetings and the exhibition were advertised in the local press and I believe on the radio as well , so word of mouth I think in , in the event did overcome that but I can understand people 's feeling that they were excluded and it was not deliberate , it was an oversight . |
| 11 | In 1752 the tailors were claiming that it was not and that the norm in most " handicraft trades " was from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m . |
| 12 | Soon the tannoy system announced all the lower school messages : Mrs Joiner and I were deafened and it was sufficiently painful for me to feel relief when it stopped . |
| 13 | I was so caught up in what I was seeing that it was only when I reached the top of the close where they lived that I started to think again about what I was doing there , and it was then that my feelings of fear started . |
| 14 | The field was limited but it was not limited solely to Lady Diana Spencer . |
| 15 | Its potential use was limited because it was not absorbed from the gut and so was ineffective if given by mouth , and because tyrocidine , in concentrations liable to occur during therapeutic use , damaged or destroyed red blood cells . |
| 16 | A blackbird was singing and it was very quiet and peaceful in the Park . |
| 17 | When Sophie did these vaccinations in the pet shop Mr Miller held each patient so firmly and expertly that the recipient hardly noticed was was happening until it was over , but in the surgery it was sometimes traumatic . |
| 18 | Something was happening and it was so pleasurable she did n't want it to fade . |
| 19 | It was stressed that it was vitally important for those going to work in other countries to have training in the cross- cultural dimension . |
| 20 | It was the day after the barbecue and Sara was reminded that it was here yesterday she had met Matthew . |
| 21 | The merged ‘ Norfolk and Suffolk Polled ’ could be any colour as long as it was polled and it was not until the Red Poll herdbook was formed in 1874 that the colour of the breed was formally agreed as red , preferably deep in colour , with a red udder ; white touches were permitted only in the tail switch , or on the udder and just in front of the udder on the inside flank . |
| 22 | W.H. Chaloner writes that during eight years between '58 & '67 a total of 904 tons of ore were made ready for smelting ; Sir Michael le Fleming , the new Lord , receiving dues amounting to £376 : 15s. : 0d. it is not known where the main ore dressing floor was located but it was probably on the site of the 19th century floors — near the present youth hostel . |
| 23 | Perhaps the decision was made because it was here that Manzoni fell when attempting to negotiate a stairway with more enthusiasm than regard for his age . |
| 24 | Protest was silenced and it was only the new mood of glasnost in the second half of the 1980s which revealed the full extent of what had happened . |
| 25 | ‘ I think it 's all right , ’ responded Floy , warily , but even as he spoke he was wondering whether it was all right , and whether they might n't be better simply to walk back through the forest and on to the road . |
| 26 | I have put a wee bit of weight on , so I was wondering if it was maybe |
| 27 | I mentioned the incident at Land 's End and was told that it was not unusual for student pilots who dare to stray into the military areas to receive a safe wingtip and tail helicopter escort home , leaving the student a gibbering wreck long after returning to the club house . |
| 28 | Last night I visited the Queen Mary and Westfield college in the Mile End road and I was told that it was soon to have a level of computers of almost one work station for every six students . |
| 29 | I wrote to the Secretary of State for the Environment and was told that it was really a matter for the chief environmental officer of the local authority , but when I took the matter up with the local environmental officer , his response — and it is to his credit that he responded — was , ’ Well , it may be bad , but it is not really so bad that I must take any action . ’ |
| 30 | Louis was told that it was substantially smaller than in the previous year , but in fact the allied fleet assembled at Portsmouth consisted of 63 English ships and 36 Dutch , with a combined fire-power of 6736 guns , plus 38 fireships ; the French , moving up-Channel from Brest , could muster 44 warships with 3240 guns and 38 fireships . |