Example sentences of "and [vb past] it [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just started to eat the fig roll and realized it was n't one of them . |
| 2 | Then she was wrenched out of shadow into heavier shadow still , and realized it was almost too late already . |
| 3 | He derided those who thought it was ‘ all right to stay in opposition so long as your socialist heart is pure ’ , and argued it was not they who suffered , but the poor in Britain and in the third world : ‘ We are not just a debating society . |
| 4 | Until some spoilsport thought to measure the 100-yard track — and found it was just over 70 yards . |
| 5 | I opened it and found it was n't signed , so I signed it and used it . |
| 6 | Albert looked at his watch and found it was only six , but thought it gratuitous to say so . |
| 7 | The Romans called the spirit or GHOST of a dead person his manes or mares , and believed it was also interred deep in the earth in its master 's grave . |
| 8 | ‘ Many of our customers could not understand why we might have only one style of nightdress or long-sleeved blouse , but it was because Laura was trying to evolve the most perfect example of that particular item and believed it was more important to have one good example of each than several skirts and dresses , ’ Moira explains . |
| 9 | Beside the ‘ Date Entered School ’ column he saw one marked ‘ Date Left School ’ , and noticed it was completely empty . |
| 10 | She said she would visit ; she was giving a talk in Newcastle and reckoned it was n't that much further to come . |
| 11 | The judge said the case did not mark a sharp change in government policy , and emphasised it was not to be regarded of general application by planning authorities around the country . |
| 12 | Once we were fed and watered it was back onto the dance floor to practise what we had learnt and add , would you believe , a small jump to our repertoire . |
| 13 | I gritted my teeth and decided it was n't such a one-sided deal after all . |
| 14 | The College did a survey and decided it was not a good risk . |
| 15 | In 1979 , BOC changed its top management and decided it was no longer interested in Hall Automation . |
| 16 | I saw you disappear in this direction , and decided it was now or never . ’ |
| 17 | It seemed to me that she was embarrassed by my family bereavement and felt it was not necessary to be part of it . |
| 18 | Despite Labour 's dogged insistence that anyone earning more than £21,060 per annum was ‘ rich ’ , millions looked at their family budget and saw it was not so . |
| 19 | I was shown into the porch , and saw it was so . |
| 20 | I had tried this myself and knew it was not nearly as simple as the village boys made it seem . |
| 21 | She had an approved menstrual calendar and knew it was more or less — or at least with an acceptable risk factor — her safe time of the month . |
| 22 | He could sense the gathering storm in the room , and knew it was only a matter of time … |
| 23 | Rain caught her in both arms , held her tight , and knew it was only her grasp which kept the woman upright . |
| 24 | Ruth stared down at it and wondered why she had bought it and thought it was probably because it contrasted so sharply with what she had been through on this trip . |
| 25 | And I said I want a job and , and she said something like oh well it does n't include you so ha ha ha ha and thought it was really funny . |
| 26 | I read the book and thought it was very funny . |
| 27 | I listened — and thought it was quite awful . |
| 28 | He had noted the recurrence of surnames among deaf people and deduced it was highly probable that a considerable proportion of deaf people in the country belonged to families which had more than one deaf member , and suspected that the reasons for this were hereditary . |
| 29 | I 'm getting paranoid about that , determined not to sign anything , worried that maybe I already have when they first brought me here and said it was just a receipt for personal effects or a legal-aid application or whatever , and I worry about them getting me to sign something when I 'm tired and they 've been interviewing me in shifts and all I want to do is go to bed and sleep and they say oh do us all a favour and sign this and you can sleep , come on now ; it 's just a formality you can always deny it later , change your mind , but you ca n't you ca n't of course , they 're lying and you ca n't ; I even worry about signing something in my sleep , or them hypnotising me and getting me to do it that way ; hell , I do n't know what they get up to . |
| 30 | Cook also referred to Diplock 's ‘ evident distaste for trade unions ’ and said it was well known that ‘ taps ’ were frequently placed on trade unionists involved in trade disputes . |