Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [subord] it was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point we were told that the WO often found it difficult to get a clear indication of what was going on until it was too late to intervene without revocation being necessary . |
| 2 | Housewife Rita Davis , of Ilford , Essex , said : ‘ We would never have known what our taxes are going on if it was not for the Mirror . ’ |
| 3 | Apart from pure nostalgia , perhaps this is because in the ‘ old days ’ it was fairly easy to look at a faulty circuit , identify components used for specific functions , replace them and get the set going again whether it was commercially or home-made . |
| 4 | I used to hate coming home when it was almost dark , with ice-cold fingers and toes , feeling miserable because Bessie , the nursemaid , was always scolding me . |
| 5 | And in the winter time we used to love to linger in the bakehouse coming home cos it was so warm . |
| 6 | And then how would I have felt , she asked herself as she hurled the jeep down the motorway , finding that I 'd fallen again for a man as cold and hard as that — finding out when it was too late what he was really like ? |