Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I did get to the bike I saw it was virtually in pieces and realised that Darren had been attempting the job himself . |
| 2 | Meeting Jack in his butch horn-rims gave me a feeling of intense familiarity , and the first time we banged glasses together in mid-kiss I knew it was sight at first love . |
| 3 | To soften the blow I said it was only because I was held in such high esteem in the football world that I had to get rid of any player or , as in his case , friend , who showed any sign of being a no-hoper . |
| 4 | ‘ It was done by experts and in my heart I knew it was wrong . ’ |
| 5 | I thought that it was made of stone , but to my horror I discovered it was made of cement blocks ! |
| 6 | When the blood hit the roof of the car I realised it was serious , ’ he said . |
| 7 | it has to give you that effect I thought it was marvellous |
| 8 | Pictured right is a saffron-gatherer whose image , painted on to a wall in Thera ( now Santorini ) in the first century BC , was preserved under ash even as the volcano which produced it was destroying civilisation on the island . |
| 9 | As for morals , I shall have on this policy to refuse to condemn even Hitler 's genocide , although I might permit myself to sneer at it as stupid , because the theories about the Aryan race and the Jewish conspiracy which inspired it were fantasies . |
| 10 | The Northern Ballet Theatre 's production which comes to Darlington next month was criticised by a Mail on Sunday reviewer who said it was more like soft porn than ballet . |
| 11 | She could scarcely breathe , let alone struggle , but when she heard the sound of someone in the undergrowth she knew it was Travis and tried to get out a warning . |
| 12 | The chef who ran it was a warrant officer and a bastard , who ruled with a rod of iron . |
| 13 | It was not so , at the beginning of each new term she found it was not so , but it seemed to be so , and the same mixture of guilt and hate and sorrow would strike her anew , each time as forcefully , each time she got off the train at Northam Station . |
| 14 | ‘ Actually when the producers sent me the script they said it was Brando 's next picture . |
| 15 | Suggesting that ‘ the end product of basic research is an increase in knowledge ’ in applied research he suggested it was first a product , e.g. an antibiotic , an artificial hand , a drought-resistant variety of wheat ; then a process , e.g. for the manufacture of an antibiotic , or for removing nitrogen oxides from exhaust gas ; then a method of operation , e.g. to prevent collisions in the English Channel , to speed up the delivery of letters , or to give advice , sometimes in the discharge of a statutory obligation ( the emphasis is mine ) . |
| 16 | Even as the question formed in his mind he knew it was useless . |
| 17 | was as perfect as for any building that he ever saw erected ; and as for the light he thought it was rather overdone than otherwise . |
| 18 | ‘ At first I thought it was a pigeon , but as the feathers went past the window I realised it was something else . ’ |
| 19 | When I saw Maria Luisa 's distress at the window I thought it was all over for him and … and when you opened the door looking so terrible yourself I thought you had told her you would n't give her custody of the baby . |
| 20 | Volunteer Eileen said : ‘ For half a second I thought it was a hoax but as he began to name the four streets I took him seriously . ’ |
| 21 | But as soon as I saw that little boy I knew it was n't Ben . |
| 22 | With regret I decided it was too risky for a party of cadets to accompany me — any way the island boys had their sights set on the night life of Fort William . |
| 23 | She looked as big as a donkey and when the cavernous jaws with the great yellowed teeth brushed my thigh I knew it was time to go . |
| 24 | However , in the battle which followed it was certainly Rodrigo who helped turn the tide of events for Sancho . |
| 25 | One social worker completed the schedule on two occasions with a sixteen-year-old boy who thought it was ‘ great fun ’ . |
| 26 | On reflection she believed it was something to do with the way she looked — her casual dress . |
| 27 | The 32-year old has had talks at the Racecourse with the Robins ' boss who said it was premature to talk about concluding a deal . |
| 28 | On our return we realised it was our last evening at the campsite in Waldsee . |
| 29 | In the story she recalled it was slides of the life of Christ which had stilled the crowd . |
| 30 | This section ( 1 ) disqualifies persons in certain trades from acting in any way as a member of a board , ( 2 ) disqualifies a person holding a disqualifying interest in a company from taking part in proceedings in which the company is an applicant or an objector , ( 3 ) disqualifies an employee of a licence holder under the Act , and any person engaged in a business dealing with alcoholic liquor , including the directors , officers and employees of companies engaged in such businesses from acting as a member of a licensing board , ( 4 ) disqualifies a member of a board , who is the owner or tenant of premises , from acting in the granting of a certificate in respect of those premises , ( 5 ) makes it an offence to contravene the section , ( 6 ) declares , subject to the proviso ( that the grant of a new licence is not liable to objection on the ground that one or more of the members of the board who granted it were not qualified to act ) , anything done in contravention of the section void , and ( 7 ) exempts members of a committee to determine the distribution of licences in a new town from disqualification for being members of a board by reason of their membership of the committee . |