Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er we , one of the few times my dad came to Foundry Lane he I got a book , I think it were called Tiger Tim and , on the back they gave a model that you cut out with scissors and pu |
| 2 | If it were given planning permission the store would create 200 jobs . |
| 3 | New information is forced to the front as though it were given information , suggesting that a famous writer can always be assumed to be energetic and successful at school . |
| 4 | ( The term used was ‘ suspended ’ in order to remind the British Government that it could be resumed if it were to give cause . ) |
| 5 | And if it were to invade Saudi Arabia , it would control 44% of the world 's oil reserves . |
| 6 | Well they did n't know and they to it were towing Julie 's car and the tow belt snapped , and of course when it jerked this car forward it cut the petrol off . |
| 7 | Even if it were to acquire Palatine , its North Western tied house stock would only increase to some 330 . |
| 8 | Now that Moscow 's hopes for fruitful negotiation with the United States had been shattered , it was necessary for the Soviet Union to adopt a more aggressive stance if it were to maintain credibility as a rival to Washington . |
| 9 | Do you ever find out why ‘ smart ’ people pronounce the author 's surname as if it were spelt Pole ? |
| 10 | Assume now that the group can not sell all it can make at the normal price of £120 but division B sees that it could win a large order if it were to offer goods at £80 each . |
| 11 | At first all that would come into it were moralising precepts about drink which he remembered from having to copy them as exercises when he was a student : I am told you go from street to street where everything stinks to the gods of alcohol . |
| 12 | If that 's a natural as it were adapted effect of the Trivers Willard effect , there are plenty of cultural ones as well . |
| 13 | It was to near Leeds . |
| 14 | It was to celebrate recovery from this illness that he wrote his Hymn to the Supreme Being , on Recovery from a dangerous fit of Illness . |
| 15 | Although scarcely under challenge from other national groups , Russians made up a steadily diminishing proportion of the total population over the postwar period and the Russian Republic included many of the Soviet Union 's poorest farmland and most dismal cities , creating at least the impression that it was subsidising developments in more prosperous non-Russian areas . |
| 16 | As it was passing Rostov 's position , a jagged blue flash bridged the gap to the platform , and he controlled the impulse to jump back . |
| 17 | Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway A mixed passenger and goods train belonging to the Bishop 's Castle Railway Company ran into a coal train belonging to the Great Western Company as it was passing Stretford Junction , owing to the driver of the passenger train being unable to bring it to a standstill on seeing the signals against him . |
| 18 | In some cases setting was criticized because it was argued that it was producing underachievement in certain pupils , although many teachers did not accept this . |
| 19 | Like the style of coverage or not , we undoubtedly saw far more cricket than we ever would have done had BBC had the contract , and for that I for one am profoundly grateful and not ashamed to admit that I purchased my Sky system purely because it was producing coverage of cricket that otherwise would not be available on TV . |
| 20 | Europe 's biggest joint semiconductor research programme , JESSI , booted ICL out of three of the five projects in which it was taking part . |
| 21 | During the troubles of 1173–4 the inhabitants of the citadel seized the opportunity to turn their enclosure into a proper circuit of walls , a move which was probably aimed against the city rather than against ducal authority , though clearly it was taking advantage of the latter 's temporary weakness . |
| 22 | Another very important factor was that at the Boat Show the R Y A announced that it was taking responsibility for the national coordination of all activities er for sailors with special needs , that 's blind , deaf , disabled and there are many organizations who are working in this field but the R Y A is the coordinator . |
| 23 | The Russian government announced on Nov. 15 that it was taking control of Soviet oil-export licences from Dec. 1 . |
| 24 | US intelligence had estimated that North Korea could have nuclear weapons ready by 1993 and that it was taking action to hide the existence of components from possible international inspection . |
| 25 | The Benefits Agency had told him it was taking action to identify the loans concerned and transfer them back into the system . |
| 26 | The problem with the current rapid expansion of higher education was not that it was underfunded , but that it was taking place in the wrong subject areas , he said . |
| 27 | The Foreign Office during the competition period was certainly aware that it was taking place but apparently quite unaware of its implications . ’ |
| 28 | We were just very grateful that it was taking place . ’ |
| 29 | Yesterday president Sylvia Byham said the club had originally planned the visit for last year and was delighted it was taking place at last . |
| 30 | Somewhere in the corridor , the basement door slammed and Jimmy watched everything as if it was taking place on a stage , and he was a member of the audience . |