Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The way I was dismissed ensured that it occurred to me , ’ Maria asserted tightly . |
| 2 | The legislation was welcomed by the Prime Minister , but Walesa was said to object that it failed to go far enough in changing the 1952 Stalinist constitution . |
| 3 | The legislation was welcomed by the Prime Minister , but Walesa was said to object that it failed to go far enough in changing the 1952 Stalinist constitution . |
| 4 | Not least , the CIA was induced to help before it realized that the man with whom it would be dealing was one it had already discarded . |
| 5 | Berisford formerly owned British Sugar but was forced to sell when it came unstuck with property deals in the US . |
| 6 | By the time Mr Carlisle arrived in the right Roman town days after the original date for the hearing he was left wondering if it had been worth the bother . |