Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [adv] [conj] it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she left it all to herself and tried to carry on but it was too much for her . |
| 2 | But he forgot to let on that it was still being built — and did n't have any beer . |
| 3 | It was only as they drew nearer that he began to make out that it was the concrete skeleton of an unfinished three-storey duplex , its half-built walls , pillars and floors rising out of a sea of mud . |
| 4 | It started to pour in and it was compared with previous . |
| 5 | In the majority of cases the homoeopathic remedy appeared to work effectively and it was rare for the patient to require the conventional therapy . |
| 6 | It was as if he was playing an elaborate game , and had to wait there until it was finished ; they did the same when they played Roundheads and Cavaliers in the old quarry . |
| 7 | We did it inside and then had to go outside cos it was raining . |
| 8 | New friendship does not come easy to me , I feel compelled to play it rough at first — your idealism , for example , I had to find out whether it was capable of standing up ; testing and teasing , for me , are a kind of initiation — |
| 9 | Rocastle continued to play brilliantly and it was he who crossed the ball in for the third . |
| 10 | At the end we er , of the day I had to opt out because it was n't possible for me to fit in and someone else a , I 'm just thinking of the time taken for er , er housing manager or one of his er , staff to erm er , you know , to do that practical thing that 's all |
| 11 | Anne found it difficult to like Hetty , although she had to admit honestly that it was partly because she was not Sarah . |
| 12 | There was one that I had to throw away because it was erm |
| 13 | MB GROUP , the old Metal Box company , refused to confirm yesterday that it was on the verge of a £300m-plus bid for Caradon , the building products group . |
| 14 | Choose one of the shops and list the questions you would ask if you wanted to find out whether it was needed in your area . |
| 15 | However , the Soviet pilot of the aircraft chartered to transport the missiles refused to do so and it was not until mid-February that a US aircraft set out . |
| 16 | Mind you , no-one volunteered to stay inside when it was . |