Example sentences of "[conj] it [was/were] [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where it was twice or three times in a year . |
| 2 | In 1752 the tailors were claiming that it was not and that the norm in most " handicraft trades " was from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m . |
| 3 | Two broad themes were apparent : first , there was a growing recognition that elderly people were mentally and physically capable of far more than had been previously assumed , and that it was medically and socially possible for them to maintain an independent and active life . |
| 4 | Perhaps the magic lay in the fact that it was either or both ? |
| 5 | Er that as far as we know is the referee 's confirmed that it was offside and actually if you look at that it was offside . |
| 6 | The point is , however , that it was there and it was growing ; and no ruler in the uncertain world of the 1530s could afford to ignore even limited evidence of its existence within his country . |
| 7 | His eyes rested on her , mocking her , and Folly knew that it was now or never . |
| 8 | The need for sound social democratic education was never greater than it was today and there was never a better opportunity for the building up of a strong National Socialist Party . |
| 9 | I 'm not sure you 've made it any clearer than it was before but erm |
| 10 | He had n't touched the black box alarm so it was now or never . |
| 11 | And then I 've seen t er me mother once had er oil lamp from the ceiling and it was round and the oil lamp used to stand in the middle . |
| 12 | And it was just But I do n't er I do n't seem as though er it was er sometimes I saw I saw a spot of blood , but it |
| 13 | And it was just And of course what else can you do in many ways ? |
| 14 | Only one of them , the Labyrinth at Knossos , was restored and repaired so that it could continue to use after 1470 , and it was more or less completely abandoned some ninety years later after a major fire . |
| 15 | Lasted yeah lasted about two seconds and it was twice and basically |
| 16 | a non arbitr , well let's use their language , objective criteria on which it 's judge application to the membership , erm , and I 'm only , I 'm only imagining this , but I 'm , but as a matter of common sense one would of thought that one would n't like subjective or arbitrary and er indeed unknown criteria to apply erm , as , as in my point of view , as a matter of fairness , but er my question is and it was before and I , I 'm not sure I hoist in your answer , where , where does that fit in to article eighty five ? , |
| 17 | And it hu go And it was there and it was left all night , and next day erm the man came back again and he cut it down the back with a big saw , and divided it up and then it was taken to the house where it was er up and then salted in a big barrel . |
| 18 | And but any anyway we got er , I 've probably tell you this before , the Co- op allowed everybody to have er credit until it was over and there was a n there was a a preacher wh who er and I do n't know whether a Baptist or a Wesleyan Preacher , I think he was a Wesleyan , he was a Welshman and his name was . |
| 19 | I sat cross-legged just by the blaze , staring into it from up-wind until it was out and only the metal of the Black Destroyer remained , then I took the sooty skeleton and buried it where it had been ruined , at the bottom of the hill . |
| 20 | It 's too much , if you ever have too much you can just fold a bit down , if you have a big bandage you can fold either of those edges down first if you 've got too much and then you fold it forward and back , now your pin sticks in , but all the material and out of all the material and it goes in a straight upward direction , again it must go in that direction so that if per chance it comes undone it falls out and drops on the floor , whereas if it was sideways or downwards it would open and stick in your casualty , so that 's why we have it done that way . |
| 21 | Of course , more fool her for having succumbed to the moment , but it was over and done with , and that was the end of it . |
| 22 | But it was n't but you see it 's the fact that Ian 's gone . |
| 23 | Well no , but it was n't but I just wanted some |
| 24 | But it was n't and soon the bus , like a bucking bronco , was careering down the hill to Lochranza , its horn blaring . |
| 25 | But it was back and forth , back and forth , all night long — gathering up the food , rolling it into a ball , pushing the ball to the water … |
| 26 | It was hateful to have to be like that , and usually she did not allow herself to think on those lines , but it was there and had to be recognized as a factor . |
| 27 | He desperately wanted to rest , but it was now or never . |
| 28 | Unless it was out and out screaming , Let's kill Thatcher , I would n't even notice it I do n't think . |
| 29 | It could no more act as a ‘ watchdog ’ than a critical examiner of the actions of politicians or government because it was closely and inextricably tied to both . |
| 30 | What you have n't realized is that you 've already had the moon for that day but because it was up and in and in the sky during the day time hours you did n't see it . |