Example sentences of "and it was [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of these was the Viet Minh , and it was led by Ho Chi Minh . |
| 2 | This was by far the most fertile area I had as yet seen in the Danakil country , and it was dotted with small villages of mat-covered huts . |
| 3 | It started to pour in and it was compared with previous . |
| 4 | Opaque white mist pressed up against the glass , obscuring the outside world , and it was born on her how silent it seemed . |
| 5 | The first defendant 's report was unfavourable to the plaintiff and it was sent by him to the plaintiff 's solicitors . |
| 6 | And it was worn in the eighteen forties , and they were a very ordinary , ordinary family , I ca n't remember what Mr Dew did , but I mean , it was nothing special , he was he was just an ordinary professional man I think . |
| 7 | But I did use and re-invent the world of the Barracks I grew up in , yet the point is that I was in my 20s when I wrote that book and it was viewed through the persona of a dying woman . |
| 8 | One of the purposes behind the action was , therefore , the protection of property , and it was motivated by a belief in the immediate need to act . |
| 9 | Mr Pipkin had been advised to put his money into diamond mining and it was handled through this Australian bank . |
| 10 | Calvert Station , Baltimore ( 1848 ) , pioneered this style , and it was adopted in Charleston , South Carolina ( 1850 ) , Washington , DC ( 1851 ) , Wheeling , West Virginia ( 1853 ) , Gettysburg , Pennsylvania ( 1858 ) , and many other places . |
| 11 | Female choice has only properly been tested for in the case of one such character , the long tail of a species of widow bird , and it was confirmed to be operating . |
| 12 | Thus the evening newspapers were able to report Heath 's victory that day ; and it was confirmed at 11.30 next morning when the second ballot closed and there was only one nomination-for Heath . |
| 13 | Kazuo Toyama , a former excutive of Kyowa Saitama Bank , was arrested on Sept. 5 by police investigating the forgery of certificates of deposit worth some 3,940 million yen , and it was confirmed on Oct. 3 that two directors of the bank were to resign . |
| 14 | Contrast enhanced computed tomography ( n=29 ) , or operation ( n=15 ) , or both confirmed the diagnosis in 32 patients and it was confirmed by ultrasound scan in the remaining four patients . |
| 15 | And Mr Fry was floating out there in the mistiness , and he was busy wallpapering too but he 'd got the paper in a mess — he 'd put the paste on it and picked it up paste side nearest and it was sticking to him . |
| 16 | He had donated the WT Askew trophy to the festival and it was presented on Saturday night . |
| 17 | The town was not liable to attack owing to its geographical position and extensive fortifications and it was situated near the Fens from which the word ‘ Mercia ’ originated . |
| 18 | It was called the hamilton Galleries and it was situated in Georges St ( its now Sothebys ) opposite to Erica Brausen of Hanover Gallery ( who died just recently ) . |
| 19 | And it was based on a photograph of his brother 's pet , taken in Liverpool in the 1880s . |
| 20 | Suddenly one name seemed to leap off the page from among the hundreds of unknowns — it was Dana 's , and it was followed by his address and telephone number . |
| 21 | It proved to be a decisive victory for the Eighth Army and it was followed by further swift advances across northern Africa . |
| 22 | A great flood in 1786 washed this away and it was followed by a bridge of 13 arches . |
| 23 | It had been a marvellous wedding party and it was followed by a wedding night that she knew she would never forget . |
| 24 | Four voices , more or less unbroken , were singing the old Drifter 's classic ‘ Stand By Me ’ , and it was followed by ragged Turkish applause . |
| 25 | In 1910 her The History of English Secular Embroidery appeared and it was followed in 1914 by Furniture in England from 1660 to 1770 and Decoration in England from 1660 to 1770 , albeit both under the name of the fashionable decorator Francis Lenygon , by whom Margaret was casually employed . |
| 26 | It showed that subsection ( 2 ) of section 10 had been introduced as a government amendment and it was piloted through the committee stage by the then Minister of State for the Home Office , Mr Patrick Mayhew . |
| 27 | The cap had a childproof seal , and it was proving to be pretty Lucasproof as well . |
| 28 | In 1707 , Gibraltar became besieged by the Spaniards and it was defended for three years by General Elliot , who became Lord Heathfield and who bought Heathfield House , facing Turnham Green , from Lord Egmont , in 1789 . |
| 29 | His voice moved up a register , from baritone to tenor , and it was tinged with irritation for the first time that evening . |
| 30 | By 960–1126 there was trade in these between China and south-east Asia generally and it was extended to caradamons , which had been exported to Europe from India since Roman times , rattans , camphor , dammars , bananas and Dalheroia parviflora ( Leguminosae ) a liane with heartwood used in joss sticks ; the seeds of Adenanthera pavonina ( Leguminosae ) came into use as weights for goldsmiths and a system ( Ganda ) based on seeds half as heavy ( another legume , Abrus precatorius ) in India is derived from it . |