Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] it were " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't , I mean , I do n't like small the right brightly coloured or what , but it looked like it were coloured like this , like this kind of colouring . |
| 2 | Pitted against it were the great princes , some with ambition to achieve political and legal independence of the crown . |
| 3 | The former were still happy to recognize lay authority and lay material rights provided that the essentials of communal liturgy and communal living which went with it were safeguarded . |
| 4 | The conference and the exhibition that went with it were held in Geneva in 1958 . |
| 5 | The strikers , protesting against the threat of compulsory redundancies , gave leaflets to customers looking at the Mondeo on its promotion day , pointing out that many of the skills which went into it were in danger of being wiped out . |
| 6 | Oh no it 's not bad , I think it were er the first swear word I remember that went , went on it were wait a minute tape two , tape one ai n't got none on that I know of . |
| 7 | Among those who voted against it were some closeted gays : if there was to be a purge , they did not wish to be among the victims . |
| 8 | For centuries it was persecuted and the cruelties heaped upon it were given the full backing of the Church . |