Example sentences of "and [conj] it was [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | He added that it was believed an anti-aircraft gun was in the locality and that it was fired recently . |
2 | The Body Shop had brought a complaint against the Board , claiming that it was prejudging the Commission 's view , and that it was paying too much attention to industrial lobby groups and not enough to the concerns of consumers and environmental organisations . |
3 | ( vi ) If the court should hold that a right to sue in libel must be allowed to a local government authority , then , in the alternative , this court should , in extending the law of libel to permit actions by a local authority , impose particular restrictions or limitations upon the cause of action , namely that a local authority could only sue for libel upon proof of special damage ; and that the council would be required to prove both the falsity of the allegation and that it was published maliciously . |
4 | Mr Mallory perceived that his ice was warm and half melted inside its chocolate coating , and that it was dripping on to his new suit . |
5 | In the end I saw that there was no way he would accept this treatment , and that it was doing both of us more harm than good . |
6 | The party 's most important electoral commitment was the creation of 800,000 jobs over four years , and although it was to fall lamentably short of the aim , the reduction of unemployment remained an important point of reference for the party in power and for its political allies ( see , e.g. , PSOE 1983 : 43–4 ) . |
7 | And if it was done properly , no one need ever know . |
8 | But anyway the idea is that er the religion was , was suppressed in Ancient Egypt and because it was suppressed there , the people migrators went to the Promised Land , when they found the Promised Land there they stopped and founded a new , a new religious state , which of course is still with us . |
9 | The blood of circumcision served as a symbolic surrogate for the blood of childbirth , and because it was shed voluntarily and in a controlled manner , it transcended the bounds of nature and the passive blood flow of the mother at delivery and during the preparatory cycle for pregnancy , menstruation . |
10 | When the temperature peak was at about the normal time , the patient showed a temporary remission of symptoms ; when the temperature was timed too early she tended to feel depressed ; and when it was timed too late she tended to experience mania . |
11 | It was first employed on the occasion of the Great Reform Bill in 1832 and when it was wheeled out again , in 1909 , Edward VII required an electoral mandate for its use . |
12 | So he got the whole story , and when it was spelled out , the catalogue of suspicions and circumstantial evidence did sound pretty feeble . |
13 | There seemed nothing I could usefully add to whatever Henniker might be doing , and as it was getting on for half past twelve I decided to find a pub and a sandwich . |
14 | There were no further messages on the tape , and as it was switched off Lucy found her thoughts being dragged unwillingly back to the question of Doreen Andrews . |