Example sentences of "[adv] it [was/were] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the circumstances then , perhaps it was wisely ordered that I never found a man to form that special relationship . |
| 2 | Perhaps normally it was only hidden and distorted by the combered flesh , the yellowed eyes and teeth . |
| 3 | Yesterday it was also disclosed that Thorn EMI had failed to sell its defence business after trying for five months . |
| 4 | Yesterday it was also disclosed that glamorous Suzannah Dwyer told her devastated husband of her romance 24 hours before Bates went public with the news at a press conference . |
| 5 | Later it was also decided that special 10-day visas would be issued covering the period of the conference . |
| 6 | Later it was even specified that should there be for any reason no foreskin to sever , blood must still be made to flow for a rite to be effected and for the individual to enter the covenant . |
| 7 | Six days later it was officially listed as missing and frantic bosses sent out a fax to signalmen : |
| 8 | The peasants tore up and burned the copies they received ; and often it was simply ignored and the singing of hymns in Latin continued . |
| 9 | Until then the grist mill existed , but presumably it was then demolished or converted . |
| 10 | NME 's punk enfant terrible Tony Parsons in 1992 : now it 's all Apple Mac and Armani , then it was chiefly amphetamine and aggression |
| 11 | If that did not succeed in stopping him , then it was quietly suggested that the new tenants of the mines could " … pull down the encroaching fences . " |
| 12 | And then it was further endorsed because I went to hear him at Johnstown and I thought to myself well I felt sorry that he was erm what 's the word I want ? |
| 13 | On Oct. 18 Ghozali emphasized that at least it was now accepted that there should be some " simple and public criteria … the rules of the game " in the demarcation of constituencies . |
| 14 | Indeed it was still argued that determined efforts should be made towards monetary union so that eventually a common currency could be issued by a European central bank . |
| 15 | Yet it was perhaps fitting that Jesus was born in this squalid town . |
| 16 | No longer was Crisp 's action light and forward it was now laboured and sideways as if he was drunk . |