Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] it [was/were] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we just lay on the floor laughing because it was just getting from bad to worse . |
| 2 | This crater was known as the Etang Sec , or dry tarn , a name worth remembering because it was later to become the focus of the eruption proper . |
| 3 | A chill October breeze forced its way through countless gaps and alleys in the structures surrounding them , tugging and pushing when it was least expected , lifting Diane 's hair and flicking it across her face . |
| 4 | She had been adopted as a small child by the counsellor 's wife , now dead — so said my companion , adding that it was well known that she would marry Victor , and so come into a deal of money . |
| 5 | ‘ He will so — ’ agreed Anne gloomily , adding since it was clearly expected of her ‘ — God rest his soul . ’ |
| 6 | We may say of each braking that it was alternatively required for the effect , and that the effect alternatively required each braking . |
| 7 | It might look at the purpose of the rule , and imply a term which , though not amending the rule , supplemented it sufficiently to change its emphasis — perhaps by holding that it was not meant to apply after the introduction of the cash-settled contracts . |
| 8 | It is true that we are more enlightened than we were ; there is a public which has learnt to smile at the reviewer who declares that a line ‘ will not scan ’ , or that it contains a ‘ trochee ’ where it should have had an ‘ iamb ’ , without considering whether it was ever intended to ‘ scan ’ , or whether there is anything in English verse which can be treated as the absolute equivalent of a Greek or Latin trochee . |
| 9 | Seven editors rejected it despite several reviewers indicating that it was well written . |
| 10 | Under the 1984 Act , the PCA is empowered to : ( i ) choose , or veto the choice , of investigating officers , supervise their inquiries , and receive their final report ; ( ii ) monitor the speed and efficiency of the investigation and issue a statement to the Chief Constable saying whether it was satisfactorily carried out ; ( iii ) receive a Chief Constable 's decision on what action he intends to take as a result of an investigation and , if need be , overturn the decision ( either by preferring disciplinary charges or , if it believes an offence has been committed , referring the case to the Director of Public Prosecutions ) . |
| 11 | Part of her mind , the cool , rational fragment , was insisting that it was all happening too fast and too soon . |
| 12 | This conflict gave rise to repeated friction between the Chad and Sudan governments , the latter protesting that it was not allowing rebel groups to operate from its territory and insisting ( notably in a statement on Nov. 20 , 1989 ) that Chadian troops ( who claimed rights of pursuit ) should themselves withdraw . |
| 13 | If they were going along trying to open shop doors , they could go in as a suspected person loitering but it was n't looked upon very favourably by the courts . |
| 14 | You know there 's twenty minutes you know and there 's half an hour of of tape when he thought he was taping when it was just running . |
| 15 | Then they were among them , milling about the horses , and the terrified animals were bucking and screaming and it was all Riven could do to stay mounted . |
| 16 | And , well , I just felt it had been worth trying but it was n't going to work . |