Example sentences of "and [vb base] [conj] it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually Frankie and I were called in by Mum and told to get a wash and change as it was nearly time to go . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In effect , they wanted to vary the experimental conditions enough to clarify the source of the heat and confirm if it was fusion . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Is n't this better for tra would n't you take more would n't you take more notice of the traffic and travel if it was like this every time ? |
| 8 | According to Richard Feigen , ‘ It does the art dealing profession a lot of harm if they are perceived as traffickers of stolen merchandise … dealers have to be able to stand behind what they represent , and know that it was bought legally otherwise you lose your client 's trust ’ . |
| 9 | It is important to hold on to our hats and remember that it was quite well reviewed at the time . |
| 10 | I 'm keen to see a real dialogue with our members , er , how we achieve that I do n't know , we 've got the most enormous diversity of membership as I mentioned in my speech , but the more that we can get a a good dialogue going , and certainly I used to be a member of Health and erm , Disability Group , and remember that it was a very useful meeting point , er , as well as a good arena for developing policy initiatives . |
| 11 | 4 Did you use the VCR and monitor after it was borrowed last Thursday ? |
| 12 | It is so time-consuming that you need to look at the end result with a very critical eye and decide whether it was worth the time it took to produce . |
| 13 | At that time the Hon. Gentleman expressed the hope that between then and Report his Hon. Friend the Minister would look into the matter , talk to his right Hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State and decide that it was more logical to have one body looking after all transport issues in Scotland . |
| 14 | He bent to get a closer look at one drawing that had been fixed lower than the others , as if the teacher had somehow tried to segregate it off and pretend that it was n't part of the display . |
| 15 | He 'll never have to see himself day after day in a mirror and wonder if it was worth it because he 's blind , you see . |
| 16 | The end wall of this part of the garage was almost all window , but it was so filthy and flyblown that it was even darker in here than the front of the building . |
| 17 | What , however , caused almost universal consternation was my suggestion that we should go a stage further and see whether it was possible to introduce ‘ portable ’ pensions — pensions which you could take from one job to another . |
| 18 | And that you know , look at the traffic very seriously and see whether it was merited or not and that maybe greater use of the mobile . |
| 19 | He would ask young Alex for the ring , and see that it was put well on Mary 's finger , he would wish them to be happy and fruitful and true to one another and that nothing would ever part them . |
| 20 | Confronted with a problem he would reduce it to its essentials , get on with producing a solution , and see that it was put into effect . |
| 21 | He said he was going to and see that it was done |
| 22 | The rules mean that police would have to take control of the computer as soon as possible after the offence and establish that it was working properly at all times . |