Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [was/were] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , this provided a shield behind which those whose intention it was to distribute material generally were able to disguise their activities . |
| 2 | The shop , at 25A Dundas Street , has been trading for 11 years now — in an earlier incarnation it was called Lavender Menace — and is a valued addition to Edinburgh 's gay and lesbian community . |
| 3 | Peg tried to keep her hair tightly braided , but the moment it was done Anna would shake it free . |
| 4 | He had even provided , as an antagonist to North , a fictional member of the NSC , ‘ Aaron Sykes ’ , whose job it was to give flesh and voice to those invisible and voiceless colleagues who had presumably tried to dissuade North from what he was doing : to appear , as the Laws appeared to Socrates , ‘ humming in his ears ’ , about the offence he would cause to country , friends and laws if he did what seemed to him the right thing . |
| 5 | And it also managed to chip some of the woodwork , curious to think that I was offered as war damage compensation five pounds to re-case the piano , you could n't of had it repolished for five pounds , but thinking was working class people should n't have pianos , I 'm certain that was at the back of , of the gentleman whose job it was to evaluate war damage , he certainly raised his eyebrows every time we told him , what either a piece of furniture or crockery or cutlery which had been destroyed had cost and he was so foolish after er the house had been almost flattened as de demand bills as proof of evidence that your figures were correct |
| 6 | A firm of stockbrokers whose job it was to advise R Co 's shareholders on the merits of the offer , concluded that the offer was unsatisfactory . |
| 7 | The part of this street above the church is known as the Rue de la Citadelle , because up to the right is the large classical citadel , built in the seventeenth century and reshaped soon after , along with the town walls , by the inescapable Vauban , whose job it was to make south-west France for ever safe from incursions from across the mountains . |
| 8 | The teams initially had leaders whose job it was to encourage team autonomy , and to develop problem-solving and decision-making skills to the point where the team leader could withdraw . |
| 9 | With the recession the local labour council has refused to go for new jobs and at the height of this , they sacked the man whose job it was to bring jobs to Swindon . |
| 10 | If life was a battle and Charlie Hatton a soldier of fortune he , Wexford , stood in the position of United Nations patrol whose job it was to prevent incursions on the territory of the defenceless . |
| 11 | New Zealand 's Russ Thomas , chairman of the RWC board , said last night it was considering adjustments to the schedule announced — without prior notification to the SRU — in Cape Town in January . |
| 12 | The National Audit Office confirmed last night it was auditing Crown Suppliers accounts , and was examining its prospects for privatisation . |
| 13 | We have only to look back to the debates about language across the curriculum to remember the puerile arguments over whose responsibility it was to teach language skills . |
| 14 | During the trial it was revealed Yousefi set up a false bank account in the name of Momen Garawand at the Royal Bank of Scotland , in Darlington . |
| 15 | Her parents had taken her to the doctor because of breathing problems and after being sent to hospital it was discovered L had extensive bruising across the buttocks . |
| 16 | There was virtually no comfort even in the royal apartments ; none of the bathrooms had running water and everyone was forced to rely on servants whose sole duty it was to provide water for washing . |
| 17 | For the next fortnight it was examined section by section . |
| 18 | At the turn of the century it was appointed watchmakers to the Admiralty and in 1908 the firm was awarded the Grand Prix in the horological section of the Franco-British Exhibition in London . |
| 19 | In the first City Challenge scheme it was promised cash to help revitalise the eastern side of the town ; now the borough council , residents and local companies have drawn up similar plans to improve central and western areas . |
| 20 | He smiled at her , thinking what a treat it was to talk shop with someone as beautiful and intelligent as this . |
| 21 | When they came in sight of the house it was to see Ellen Jebeau standing on the terrace , and when Martin drew the horse to a standstill at the foot of the steps she was there to meet them . |
| 22 | It also held East Indian bonds , and the fact that it gave substantial mortgages on land has led Dickson to suggest that to an extent it was diverting funds derived from industry and trade towards the landed interest . |
| 23 | The rest of the time it was called Network 3 , broadcasting specialist but less arcane programmes — on gardening , religion , music and so on . |
| 24 | The first time it was to stop the defence counsel from questioning her about her sexual history , the second time it was to stop Anderson referring to the victim by her last name , as if talking about a defendent . |
| 25 | By this time it was approaching midnight and when I got back to camp and rang Bomber Command the duty officer was most reluctant to put me through to " Bomber " Harris . |
| 26 | At that time it was paying £3 per fathom but the vein did not prove to be worth following very far . |
| 27 | got it 's own world cup , and it , this time it was hosted cap Willesden in ninety eighty six ? |
| 28 | Back at the hotel , instead of heading for the bedroom , she led him to the bar , where they took a couple of glasses of malt and fell to chatting with some locals who 'd ‘ just dropped by to have a nightcap ’ despite the fact it was gone midnight and they all had work to go to in the morning . |
| 29 | Darkness had fallen — in fact it was approaching midnight — when I joined the others in Sergei 's room . |