Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Withering 's interest in digitalis was aroused primarily because it promoted a flow of urine and relieved swollen , dropsical tissues of their load of water ( see chapter I ) . |
| 2 | A bedcradle was placed so that it relieved the weight of the bedclothes from her legs . |
| 3 | Therefore , to a degree , the ‘ social gospel ’ was criticized not because it called for political action but because it called into question Victorian cultural and economic truisms . |
| 4 | The Chinese also knew another archaic type of water-clock , a floating bowl with a hole in its base that was adjusted so that it took a specific time to sink . |
| 5 | Devonport has claimed its original bid was provoked partly because it believed the navy intended to centralise nuclear refitting at Rosyth , thus undermining Devonport 's future , and is insistent that its proposal was unsolicited . |
| 6 | Gazzer 's head was wrenched up until it crashed into the back of the seat . |
| 7 | Over the next four years , no work of any kind was carried out and it became increasingly apparent that senior officials had decided that The Grange should not be restored after all . |
| 8 | According to Judge Abraham Sofaer , Brunei was picked especially because it received no assistance already , and would seem to be returning no favours ; it was never intended to get anything beyond appreciation . |
| 9 | It was said harshly and it hurt . |
| 10 | A radio was turned on and it played music , which I found odd . |
| 11 | But it was clear the statement was written yesterday because it hailed a vote by the House of Representatives on Tuesday night to make the extradition of drug traffickers a topic for a referendum . |
| 12 | As a result , one of the DCs was submitted for assessment to this person ; the other DC was agreed immediately since it affected no other package . |
| 13 | The Wild boar was once a common sight in the Forest , but it was wiped out when it proved too popular with hunters . |
| 14 | On Nov. 25 , 1989 , a new block at the Greifswald nuclear power station was closed down before it began operations and in May 1990 the entire station was temporarily closed on safety grounds . |
| 15 | She got off the ground so quickly with her public relations it was squashed almost before it came to life . " |
| 16 | Er because the pit bottom was lit up and it meant going down into the dark , an exciting thought for a young fella , er and so off I went and I was put down on one of the faces , as a lad , and said , Right lad , you want to be collier ? |
| 17 | For a more glamorous style , hair was brushed out after it had been set . |
| 18 | The group 's concern with rocketry was hardly respectable in those days : its existence was tolerated mainly because it came under the wing of Theodore van Karman , one of the world 's greatest aerodynamicists . |
| 19 | The productivity of Buenos Aires-1 , which had been drilled , tested and suspended , was reduced dramatically once it had been completed and put on production — a fact which has challenged production teams . |
| 20 | The crime bill was opposed largely because it sought to enact a five-day waiting period for the purchase of handguns , while the education legislation , which aimed at upgrading the country 's schools , was opposed by Republicans following a congressional decision to remove an administration proposal to provide government vouchers to assist parents in sending their children to private schools . |
| 21 | I was asked once if it seemed real to me that one day I would be lifeless inside it . |
| 22 | Even allowing for this , the surface was left just as it came out of the mould . |
| 23 | The destroyer 's forward gun crew and mortarmen were all dead or wounded , her bow a cauldron of smoke and thermite fumes , even though the incendiary bomb was put out before it set fire to Campbeltown 's warhead of depth charges . |
| 24 | On 4 March the Belgian ship La Coubre — carrying weapons purchased by the Castro regime — was blown up as it entered Havana Bay by a bomb allegedly planted by the CIA . |
| 25 | The petal was faded now but it had once been bright pink . |
| 26 | In the process my middle was doubled up and it felt roughly as if somebody were squashing it between two metal plates studded with nails . |
| 27 | This could be done more effectively if the law was changed so that it became the jury 's responsibility to assess only the actual damage to the plaintiff and the judge 's responsibility to impose an unlimited fine on the defendants according to his view of their culpability . |