Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She put the envelope down on the small table that served double duty as desk and dining surface , eased off her shoes , and stepped out of the cotton dress that felt as if it were struck to her damp skin . |
| 2 | But in order to make up an army we must not destroy the nation ; it would be destruction to a nation if it were deprived of its best elements . |
| 3 | … To every foreign country , whether it were numbered among our allies or among our rivals , the federalisation of Great Britain would be treated as a proof of the declining power alike of England and of the British Empire . |
| 4 | In reality , neither Maastricht nor the Treaties before it were restricted in their impact to economic matters . |
| 5 | You may find that you often have to do this , as even a modest wedding bouquet can be too large to fit into a reasonably-sized picture frame , and if it were reproduced in its original size it could become such a large picture that it would completely dominate any room in which it was hung . |
| 6 | Even as he felt the danger of his need sweep over him , he perceived another danger beneath it : he let the pleasure of her carry him off , but within his pleasure 's flow a small bitter seed remained , as it were stuck between his teeth , offering him warning . |
| 7 | Her body was drenched with sweat ; it was glistening on her legs and she felt moisture beneath her on the seat . |
| 8 | Poland was condemned because it was not a proper nation-state , but it was condemned for its efforts to become one . |
| 9 | It was condemned for its ‘ two-dimensional characters ’ ( Mayne 1961:316 ) , lack of ‘ moral passion ’ ( Bergonzi 1961:297 ) , lack of profundity ( Price 1961:332 ) , ‘ misanthropic spleen ’ , and smugness ( Hope 1961:1486 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Jottings ’ had not quite been pushed overboard ; it was clinging by its fingernails to the edge of the raft , to be found , often seriously cut , between the competition and the personal column at the back of the paper . |
| 11 | Called ‘ porter ’ after the Covent Garden market porters who drank it , it was characterised by its distinct , dark colour , which came from the roasted barley it contained . |
| 12 | Yanto laughed when he realised the old joker had palmed the sawdust and was allowing it to trickle in such a way as to give the impression that it was trickling from his ear . |
| 13 | Reversing its earlier stance against the creation of a republican army , Kirgizstan had on June 1 announced that it was taking under its own jurisdiction the former Soviet military units stationed on the republic 's territory and assuming responsibility for their upkeep . |
| 14 | Reversing its earlier stance against the creation of a republican army , Kirgizstan had on June 1 announced that it was taking under its own jurisdiction the former Soviet military units stationed on the republic 's territory and assuming responsibility for their upkeep . |
| 15 | Dust blew ; it was getting into her eyes . |
| 16 | It was getting to his digestion . |
| 17 | I think she well and the house was certainly getting on her nerves but whether it was because she was ill it was getting on her nerves I do n't know . |
| 18 | ‘ It was getting on my nerves . ’ |
| 19 | Either it was created in its present form , or it has endured forever as it is today . |
| 20 | And when Downes finally spoke , it was to ask about his wife . |
| 21 | This has been confirmed in England ; for example by a teacher in Manchester who believed it was caused in her sample by a phonic bias in the teaching . |
| 22 | they 're not , they 're not little either , I saw a film and it was hanging past his knee caps |
| 23 | Her partners agreed to this unorthodox therapy on condition that it was done in her spare time and she produced an audit after a year . |
| 24 | Well I 'm not researcher I could n't say how they do it but it 's done it was done from their recruitment and marketing sales . |
| 25 | ‘ It was done from my section and I am afraid I did not ask for sufficient permission . |
| 26 | It was building on its strengths in aeronautical engineering and other areas , and had developed one of the country 's first degree courses in computer science . |
| 27 | Much of it was conducted from her own room , which soon acquired a shrine-like notoriety , both on account of its furnishings and its occupant . |
| 28 | I wondered what it was , it was whistling in my earhole ! |
| 29 | It was argued on his behalf that the payment was not voluntary , citing Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 ( a case of compulsion ) . |
| 30 | The new , uniform business rate generated similar outrage : nowhere was the anger better illustrated than in Bath , a city epitomising Thatcherite entrepreneurial success , where there was a shopkeepers ' strike in protest at the damage it was wreaking on their livelihoods . |