Example sentences of "[verb] it [was/were] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to avoid the hitches of the last trip , they had carried it in its bag , but when unpacked it was discovered that one of the parts was damaged . |
| 2 | Hoping that you say it was raining and er |
| 3 | so let's go back to home for a moment you say it was updated or should of been updated twenty one months later , as the first update |
| 4 | As the intention in this study was to have subjects make estimates while they were driving it was decided that this would be unnecessarily difficult . |
| 5 | Sandra Melhuish found it was teaching that really made her happy |
| 6 | When she surfaced it was to find that they were back at Piazzale Roma , the big square thronging as usual . |
| 7 | From information received it was thought that some illegal activity was afoot off the Teign estuary so Venturous and Valiant were detailed to keep watch on the movements of local vessels early in August , 1964 . |
| 8 | Ingres says it was chosen because of its advanced server architecture , its distributed database operation and management functions and its price-performance . |
| 9 | Val says it was known that David had suffered from depression . |
| 10 | When this was done it was found that 799 comments from the potential risks condition were given codes which were not used by any subject in the description of that five second section . |
| 11 | When the priest was searched it was found that he was carrying his will , and that he had left money for the restoration fund . |
| 12 | Except , as we have seen , for confident bourgeois like James Mill and Edward Miall , both those who campaigned for universal suffrage , like the Chartists in the 1830s and '40s , and those who dreaded and opposed it were agreed that it would lead to the political domination of the working class . |
| 13 | Th th when the house was built it was painted and I think that used to last it 's lifetime . |
| 14 | At the annual parish meeting it was heard that the rats were beginning to explore and were going out into Church Street . |
| 15 | In 1749 , at a Vestry meeting it was decided that the Old Palace was to be the Workhouse for the villages of Birling , Luddesdown , Snodland and Halling , at which the poor of these parishes should be sent under the charge of John Seward , a carpenter of Halling . |
| 16 | At a second meeting it was decided that Waizero Zauditu , daughter of Emperor Menelik , should be proclaimed Empress , and Dedjazmatch Tafari be made Ras and heir to the throne . |
| 17 | After the Paris meeting it was announced that about 85 per cent of this amount had been pledged , with donors promising $300,000,000 in debt relief and between $800,000,000 and $900,000,000 in grants and loans , mainly to finance imports required for the economic recovery programme . |
| 18 | When Geoffrey of Brittany was buried it was said that Philip had been forcibly prevented from throwing himself into the grave to join his friend . |
| 19 | When used it was hammered or battered into sheets ( hence the fact that it is sometimes referred to as ‘ battered brass ’ ) . |
| 20 | Hoover kept Dillinger 's gun in his office , but the serial number shows it was made after Dillinger was dead . |
| 21 | Cub Scouts It was agreed that the cub scouts could have the use of the hall on a regular basis and that the upstairs committee room could be put at their disposal . |
| 22 | Cub Scouts It was agreed that the cub scouts could have the use of the hall on a regular basis and that the upstairs committee room could be put at their disposal . |
| 23 | Erm but one , one one , I mean cl clearly the policy which was pursued was one of inequality and there was a rich peasant economy and either you say well yes there is , there is an economic imperative for that and that 's the explanation or you say well there might have been a political factor involved in this that there was a recognition that progress was going to come through class conflict and therefore if you are actually promoting the kind of you might realize it was happening and you might be more prepared |
| 24 | When this book was first envisaged it was thought that it should include a comprehensive guide to sexual aspects of the law in Britain as these might impinge upon social work practice . |
| 25 | The report , quoting Swedish security sources , claimed it was confirmed that a man using an Egyptian passport in the name of Mohamed Abu Taleb was in Malta at the end of November last year . |
| 26 | ‘ They reckoned it was haunted and no one would buy it , and in the end it got in such a state they got the council to pull it down . |
| 27 | I know it was cancelled because of the weather . |
| 28 | Liver biopsy showed a predominantly T cell mononuclear cell infiltrate and although the possibility of lymphoma was raised it was considered that this may also have been caused by an inflammatory process . |
| 29 | However , using the gamma-sensitive scintillation probe it was shown that lead could considerably reduce the amount of gamma radiation detected from the plexiglass . |
| 30 | In all five states it was found that there had been " massive rigging , tampering with figures [ and ] double voting " with the result that the number of votes cast exceeded the number of people registered as party members for the two parties . |