Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] it [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1377 poll-tax returns suggest that it was over three times the size of the largest provincial centres , Bristol and York , almost five times that of Coventry and six times that of Norwich ( 104 , p.1 ) . |
| 2 | It 's possible that some other minor eruptions occurred between 1681 and 1883 , but if they did , there is no record of them , and all of the reports and descriptions made by ships passing Krakatoa suggest that it was quite dormant . |
| 3 | To Pamela 's disappointment she say that it was still the same red paperback . |
| 4 | Did n't that did n't Mr say that it was really crap |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not really inclined to do a post-mortem on ‘ Provision ’ , other than to say that I acknowledge that it was less successful and less fun than the previous album , ’ he says in a most matter-of-fact voice . |
| 6 | He told a Labour Co-ordinating Committee rally that it was not enough for Labour to win the next election . |
| 7 | We must be grateful to those who did visit the island and for ever regret that it was not included in Dr. Johnson 's itinerary . |
| 8 | We must be grateful to those who did visit the island and for ever regret that it was not included in Dr. Johnson 's itinerary . |
| 9 | Some argue that conflict is community based , others that it is class based ; some characterize the Anarchist Movement , which organised most working class protest in the area between 1870-1939 , as millenarian ; others contend that it was entirely rational . |
| 10 | They were , indeed , a sorry and sadly bedraggled lot , so covered in diesel and smoke that it was quite impossible to discriminate among them on the basis of age , sex or nationality . |
| 11 | Its survival from two small circulating libraries shows its contemporary popularity , and the issue stamps still present in one of them show that it was out continuously for years . |
| 12 | The limestone sculpture ( fig. 36 ) is covered with paint , but other marbles preserve much colour and show that it was more selectively applied , the skin being left in the bare marble , the texture of which can be sensed also through the colour . |
| 13 | Its daggered gape was even wider , and I imagine that it was even more terrifying . |
| 14 | Whereas before I used to say let's do this or that and worry if it was n't done , now I 've decided that I 'm really not going to worry about the garden any more . |
| 15 | Like , you could n't have pianos or sax because it was n't hardcore . ’ |
| 16 | He stopped neither to rest or eat until it was almost dark . |
| 17 | th you er I mean if it were very heavy you 'd almost sort of be prepared for it to go , but you know when you 're s s standing with a , something quite light , and you might have been standing with it a little while in your hand , and then suddenly the hand goes and ca n't you see that 's ve that 's very upsetting , it makes you not very confident . |
| 18 | If it , I mean if it were like today it will be lovely . |
| 19 | He added , ‘ The United States Consul General and Dr Bunce , head of the State Department 's economic mission , consider that it was largely Hodge 's convention-rooted antagonism toward the left during the early stages of the occupation that led Korea into the impasse in which it stands today . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Nevertheless , they consider that it was entirely proper and in the public interest for the Daily Mirror to mount its own investigation into drug-related crime . |
| 21 | It was only minutes , the duration of that fleeting armistice , but such a stillness was so unaccustomed , embraced a silence so complete that it was always noticed , and wondered at . |
| 22 | I appreciate that it was extremely difficult for you to decide what to do in the circumstances of some hon. Members being unable to get into the House . |
| 23 | Always confirm that it was overhead by calling until a reciprocal is received . |
| 24 | I accept that it was not mandatory upon the judge to require that the mother be given notice of the foster mother 's application , but he knew in general terms from the evidence before him that the mother had maintained an active interest in the children and that she was unhappy about the children 's placement with the foster mother . |
| 25 | Or perhaps she would paint a picture of Oliver and it would be hung in the National Gallery and everyone would come and look at it and weep because it was so beautiful . |
| 26 | I do n't recall , well in fact I 'm being sarcastic because I know for a , we know that it was n't in the manifesto for nineteen ninety two . |
| 27 | They indicate that it was already accelerating in the mid and late 1960s and actually reached a peak in the first three or four years of the following decade , after which it fell back substantially . |
| 28 | Indeed , the markings on this one indicate that it was initially caught by a peculiar trapping practice used in Paraguay . |
| 29 | Favourite things are smashed , the car is driven into the wall , the kids are snatched and a complete nervous breakdown later , you confess that it was n't serious anyway . |
| 30 | It is important to hold on to our hats and remember that it was quite well reviewed at the time . |