Example sentences of "[to-vb] and it [was/were] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Errors in calculation have been made at times , but discovered only when the water began to flow and it was found that the levada went uphill . ) |
| 2 | International forces landed in Beirut as the PLO started to leave and it was revealed that Prince Andrew , hailed as going to Cambridge University , had obtained one C and two Ds in his A-level results . |
| 3 | Only in the latter half of the last century did these ideas begin to emerge and it was recognized that embryos developed by epigenesis . |
| 4 | The nature of matters which would be characterised as collateral or preliminary was still difficult to determine and it was admitted that there could be errors of law within jurisdiction which , if they appeared on the face of the record , would be quashed . |
| 5 | Soon it was time for him to return and it was arranged that Anne and Sarah who were both free would see him off at the station . |