Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [conj] it [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped neither to rest or eat until it was almost dark . |
| 2 | Like , you could n't have pianos or sax because it was n't hardcore . ’ |
| 3 | They have , of course , heard about the Holy Spirit , but have either put it all down to typical ecclesiastical in-talk , or assumed that it was not intended for ordinary folk like themselves . |
| 4 | The principle of treatment by similars — that what a remedy could produce it could also cure — was as far as we know first put forward by the Greek physician Hippocrates in the fifth century B C. Over the centuries , however , it was forgotten or disregarded and it was not until the end of the eighteenth century that it was rediscovered empirically by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann . |
| 5 | Theresa led the way , between grass almost knee-high bordered by a riot of unpruned roses , to the porch , then reached for a key hung high on a nail , less , Dalgliesh supposed , for security reasons than to ensure that it was n't lost . |
| 6 | Except to say that it was scrupulously chosen , as was usual with Eliot , I forget what we ate on the occasion : we had so much to talk about . |
| 7 | ‘ I saw you in the High Street the other day , ’ he would say , in a tone that suggested that it was quite impossible for Henry to have seen him . |
| 8 | This raises another difficulty for the historian , because it is far harder to estimate the extent to which a village had shrunk or when this occurred than to note when it was finally deserted . |
| 9 | Eventually Frankie and I were called in by Mum and told to get a wash and change as it was nearly time to go . |
| 10 | I filed that away and asked if it was all right for the girls to stay until the doctors had done their rounds . |
| 11 | Keeping a big horse is expensive ; I know , I 've got one , and when I worked out what he cost me to keep I got to £50 per week and stopped because it was too frightening . |
| 12 | As the struggle progressed he came to see the inadequacies of the term and realized that it was too constricted in its meaning and gave rise to confusion and misunderstanding . |
| 13 | One is forced to ask what OSF had to gain and wonders if it was n't some kind of supralegal manoeuvre to put pressure on Addamax and Sun because they 've got something on the OSF contingent . |
| 14 | In the opening decades of the 19th century Glasgow woke up and found that it was no longer an ancient market place reached by tree-lined avenues . |
| 15 | He tore it open and found that it was n't empty , just that the fine powder inside took up so little space . |
| 16 | I noticed this with distaste , and rejoiced that it was not the asparagus season . |
| 17 | There was also an urgency to protect and preserve while it was still possible to do so : the countryside was in change and this seemed to invigorate the various lobbies which fought for their special interest : flora , fauna , landscape , outdoor recreation and protection from development . |
| 18 | A chill October breeze forced its way through countless gaps and alleys in the structures surrounding them , tugging and pushing when it was least expected , lifting Diane 's hair and flicking it across her face . |
| 19 | Whereas before I used to say let's do this or that and worry if it was n't done , now I 've decided that I 'm really not going to worry about the garden any more . |
| 20 | Something — he was n't sure just what — which had caused the entire north to rise like yeast in sudden and furious ferment , the whole of industrial Lancashire and Yorkshire seething with militant men and women — highly militant , those women — on the march , carrying banners and loaves of bread on the end of sticks , singing hymns and psalms and chanting that it was no longer a matter of wages . |
| 21 | I perused the beast and proclaimed that it was indeed a woolly mammoth , of the genus Mammuthus primigenius . |
| 22 | Durance shut him up , saying he had never had reason to doubt the woman 's loyalty and inferring that it was more reliable than Maurin 's . |
| 23 | The limestone sculpture ( fig. 36 ) is covered with paint , but other marbles preserve much colour and show that it was more selectively applied , the skin being left in the bare marble , the texture of which can be sensed also through the colour . |
| 24 | They were , indeed , a sorry and sadly bedraggled lot , so covered in diesel and smoke that it was quite impossible to discriminate among them on the basis of age , sex or nationality . |
| 25 | This reveals a close understanding of the phenomenon and shows that it was well known even at this early date . |
| 26 | The guard who had brought them went up beside the chair , knelt and spoke quietly to Bruce in a language Corbett could not understand and guessed that it was probably Gaelic , a language totally alien to him . |
| 27 | Or perhaps she would paint a picture of Oliver and it would be hung in the National Gallery and everyone would come and look at it and weep because it was so beautiful . |
| 28 | Mr Coase asked if this analysis was good economics , and showed that it was not . |
| 29 | He began to teach men and women the kingdom of God and declared that it was already in their midst . |
| 30 | The Court of Appeal , however , thought the acquittals wrong and declared that it was not going to ‘ compound the error ’ by quashing the convictions . |