Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [conj] it [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | I filed that away and asked if it was all right for the girls to stay until the doctors had done their rounds . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He tore it open and found that it was n't empty , just that the fine powder inside took up so little space . |
| 8 | I noticed this with distaste , and rejoiced that it was not the asparagus season . |
| 9 | I perused the beast and proclaimed that it was indeed a woolly mammoth , of the genus Mammuthus primigenius . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Mr Coase asked if this analysis was good economics , and showed that it was not . |
| 12 | He began to teach men and women the kingdom of God and declared that it was already in their midst . |
| 13 | The Court of Appeal , however , thought the acquittals wrong and declared that it was not going to ‘ compound the error ’ by quashing the convictions . |
| 14 | Jenny begged him every day to change his mind , but he was a busy man and declared that it was quite out of the question and he wished to goodness Miss Clinton had never mentioned the subject of Brownies ! |
| 15 | I afterwards met Mr Blair at the Congress , and observing his deep solicitude for Kildalton , I admitted the claims which its neglected state had upon my faith and affection , and remarked that it was not the pecuniary sacrifice that I should make that would deter me , so much as the expenditure I had lately incurred on my House and Glebe , and which would in a measure be thrown away , by my moving to Islay . |
| 16 | They had heard the gist of Cramer 's call and sensed that it was all going to fail , somehow , somewhere . |
| 17 | ‘ Hello , ’ she returned , and discovered that it was quite pleasant to bump into someone she knew . |
| 18 | She felt it and discovered that it was very soft and stretchy . |
| 19 | The Court of Appeal considered whether an adjudicator 's decision in a construction contract ( see 6.8.5 ) was enforceable as an arbitration award , and decided that it was not , but their judgment was based on the interim nature of the adjudicator 's decision pending arbitration to which the decision would be subject , and not on any of the usual characteristics of experts ' decisions : the interim nature of adjudicators ' decisions is itself untypical of experts ' decisions . |
| 20 | After half a mile she had rejected this hypothesis and decided that it was merely because she was unattractive , the sort of person who , fifty years ago , would have worn rubber galoshes . |
| 21 | It was obviously more than a weed or even a wild flower so I did a quick turn-round and decided that it was quite pretty with its two-tone yellow tubular flowers and ferny leaves . |
| 22 | I pondered on these things and felt that it was not good … |
| 23 | Mrs. O'Brien said that she believed what her husband told her about the company doing well and having good potential , but she was concerned for her son and felt that it was only for three weeks , and if it would do the trick , she would sign . |
| 24 | She glanced at her watch and saw that it was almost midnight . |
| 25 | They all looked at the dark square and saw that it was hardly a manhole , more of a childhole . |
| 26 | Then he pulled down the oven door , smelt the sweet , fatty smell of the meat and knew that it was probably this very fact that accounted for his decision to go through with the business . |
| 27 | The court was satisfied that the conference had been conducted in a fair manner and stressed that it was not a judicial process . |
| 28 | The Government complained about the cost and said that it was not a matter for them or that matters were not that bad . |
| 29 | So I did — my mother had that drawing for many years — and then Mr Moore rang my mother and said that it was so nice having me in his class because I was so interested and keen , but there was n't really a lot of point , and would n't it be better if I played the piano ? |
| 30 | The coach was an Embassy staffer in Rome and said that it was twice as good having helpers who were n't parents . |