Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was duly dispatched the following morning with Aurangzeb 's chief eunuch , I'tibar Khan . |
| 2 | A trial run was carried out but it was soon realized the volume of traffic in the town of Paisley would prevent any large movement of aircraft in time for the carrier to meet its scheduled departure . |
| 3 | However , a few months later it was officially announced the Orange route had been chosen as part of a £100m plus scheme to dual the A5 across Anglesey . |
| 4 | In the first half of the nineteenth century it was generally believed the menstrual flow came from an excess of nutrients in the female . |
| 5 | Although the SDA was strictly a national agency , it was also given the responsibility of managing the Glasgow Eastern Area Renewal Project ( GEAR ) , which was then the largest inner-city project in Britain . |
| 6 | And we drove down to another place , I think this was , it was just called the pub . |
| 7 | It was already broken the second day of . |
| 8 | It was already known the radioactive gas was linked to lung cancer . |
| 9 | It was later revealed the shot was an accidental discharge from inside the house . |
| 10 | Well the reality is of course that Clare has already told us that internment did n't work the last time , it was badly done the last time . |
| 11 | The Swan , it was probably called The Swan Inn I think . |
| 12 | It was aptly named the Plough & Harrow . |
| 13 | It was widely believed the committee wanted him , but insiders pointed out he may have been the wrong man for the job . |
| 14 | In rural areas it was often labelled the most important crime . |
| 15 | The triumphal arch or , as it was earlier called the monumental arch , is the most typical of all the forms . |
| 16 | It was then shown the correct diagnosis in each case , broken into five categories , ranging from flatulence to angina . |
| 17 | It was almost destroyed the last time . ’ |
| 18 | Our Hayes-compatible modem , a Miracle Technology WS3000 , needs a Return code so whilst the information was sent to the modem it was never given the go ahead to dial . |
| 19 | Set up in I 978 with the twin missions of keeping Israeli troops out of southern Lebanon and helping the Lebanese government to control the Palestinians there , it was never given the strength to do either . |
| 20 | I mean you have the idea , you want to expand advertising , which means you 've got to spend more money and you said it was never given the go ahead , who at the end of the day would decide about whether it had the go ahead or not ? |
| 21 | whether possible or not , it was never contemplated The Labour party leadership failed consistently to put principle into practice , while the rank-and-file opposition to party politics , as expressed by the Labour Spain Committee , confused imperatives and failed to effect a radical change of policy . |
| 22 | Protestors have successfully prevented the demolition men from starting their work , but the firm which owns the hotel MacCarthy and Stone , says its angry that , despite months of consultations with the Council , it was never told the buildings might get protected status . |
| 23 | The Cabinet committee on a new Government Conference Centre to be built on the Storey 's Gate site ruled out the investment on grounds of cost ( it was subsequently given the go-ahead and , as of Autumn 1985 , has almost been completed ) . |
| 24 | It was originally thought the contract could be given last year with work starting in late autumn . |
| 25 | It was originally thought the contract could be given last year with work starting in late autumn . |
| 26 | It was therefore called the Lancaster/Oslo-Bergen Corpus ( or the LOB Corpus , for short ) , and has since become widely used throughout the world . |