Example sentences of "was it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact Well there was Craighead was it was built up high on the hill side . |
| 2 | and the inevitable happened it it got hit and the next time we saw it it was it was galloping across the field with it 's one of his front paws |
| 3 | It was it was called Hotel then . |
| 4 | He half sensed , never really thought it though , that whatever it was it was looking for , was essential to its very existence . |
| 5 | It was n't intended to duplicate , the work of the tenants ' association , it was it was looking at different kinds of of issues . |
| 6 | Erm and certainly I think I think in going to neighbourhood panels it was it was to serve a democratic process of tenants being able to panels local to their that area and I think in that sense erm it has been successful and certainly , I think as far as we were concerned er , it avoids the perhaps intimidating nature of , of tenants appearing in a large centre of the various panel which er I think was er , certainly one of the members wishes when we started on a neighbourhood basis but , yes it was our intention and , I would think that it 's quite reasonable to ask us to bring the report to the next meeting er with a better explanation of how the council works so far . |
| 7 | And Prince Charles is starting to say things about that and whether that was misquoted in the press or whether he actually said it , the point was it was leaked that he had said it to a group of MP 's . |
| 8 | That might have been an inference , I do n't , it seems , it was there it was it was said by somebody er as a matter of course or whatever and it might well have been that erm certainly it would have been mentioned at the briefing that there was er a woman in the house , Mrs possibly and the likelihood of children , er was possibly also mentioned but there was no definite intelligence as to er the having any children . |
| 9 | So I mean it it was it was represented to me er and I felt that there was some logic in it that that this company would not be discussing this deal unless it felt it could make money out of it and that money in the end would have to come out of the local people here . |
| 10 | Aha that was just went in It was all blown to the side and that was it was kept just for the for the carol beasts for the sheds you see , for the that was what the what we saw what they bedded them down with that . |
| 11 | As it was it was finished , as you can see on your map , after the war , erm but perhaps you can also see that Tom Tower is not yet built on yours . |
| 12 | In fact it was , it was it was required of them to get to Jerusalem at the time of the Passover for example . |
| 13 | By Tesco 's it was it was coming out the field . |
| 14 | Well it was it was known as before . |
| 15 | And this fairy was it was found an eggshell . |
| 16 | and then there was It was improved after that . |
| 17 | She , i it was it was becoming like a dictatorship ! |