Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [conj] it [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This fellow went up to a chap ( you could not tell who were NCOs or who were officers ) who was just resting because it was very hard work and we were working under pressure , and said sharply : " What is the trouble with you , have you run out of sandbags ? " |
| 2 | Barbara Coleman was saying something about the former beauty of the garden and its decline , but wondering aloud whether it was fair to say decline because what was happening was that the garden was returning to nature , and further wondering whether it was really and truly nature because some of the plants were not native to the region and did not entirely belong there , and then wondering whether that was not a strange remark to come from one who had made Provence her home for so long that she felt quite a part of the landscape . |
| 3 | He went across to it , still thinking that it was n't too late to back out and close the door behind him and pretend that he 'd never even been in here . |
| 4 | Well i i and if it cried well you let it cry , you just let it go on crying until it was so tired it went to sleep . |
| 5 | And I saw it and everybody in the whole room saw it and burst out laughing cos it was so funny . |
| 6 | and you would have to say , that the benefit 's gon na be far more , far reaching than it was before . |
| 7 | So I played on this really , really heavy cut by Michael Bolton — it was really rockin' and it was really cool . |
| 8 | He was in this office a fortnight ago saying that it was about time as his father was getting on and one never knew , et cetera et cetera … |
| 9 | In Geo Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 AC 803 it was held that the defendants ' limitation of liability was unreasonable and therefore unenforceable under the Act ; a decisive factor was that in previous cases the defendants had settled claims without seeking to rely on the limitation clause , impliedly recognising that it was not reasonable . |
| 10 | I lay there realising that it was not true , but also realising something else . |
| 11 | Or schools get very excited by computer-assisted learning , ordering equipment and retraining teachers — only to find that the pupils , so full of enthusiasm three years ago , have totally lost interest , while the ‘ experts ’ are once again suggesting that it was n't such a good idea after all . |
| 12 | ‘ Please , do n't apologise , ’ she murmured , wondering if this was another phase of the game , yet sensing that it was not . |