Example sentences of "was [verb] and it be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A blackbird was singing and it was very quiet and peaceful in the Park . |
| 2 | Something was happening and it was so pleasurable she did n't want it to fade . |
| 3 | The merged ‘ Norfolk and Suffolk Polled ’ could be any colour as long as it was polled and it was not until the Red Poll herdbook was formed in 1874 that the colour of the breed was formally agreed as red , preferably deep in colour , with a red udder ; white touches were permitted only in the tail switch , or on the udder and just in front of the udder on the inside flank . |
| 4 | Protest was silenced and it was only the new mood of glasnost in the second half of the 1980s which revealed the full extent of what had happened . |
| 5 | on the nineteenth of August was postponed and it 's now in a couple of weeks , so I 'm gon na go |
| 6 | After discussion , this was agreed and it was further resolved that this meeting be treated as an interim one and that a full AGM be held in March 1990 and annually thereafter . |
| 7 | The operation , originally planned for early afternoon , was re-scheduled and it was n't until quarter to six that she returned to the ward , still feeling groggy from the anaesthetic . |
| 8 | By now £4,500 was promised and it was formally moved that the venture be proceeded with ( the land purchases were already in hand ) . |
| 9 | The sexual revolution was beginning and it was very exciting to get away from home and enjoy yourself in a relatively guilt-free way . ’ |
| 10 | Now I would be the first to admit that I I 'm not a judge as accountant , I 'm an insurance broker er and erm I do n't understand er and I 'm not aware of all of the rules and regulations that affect accountants er and affect the way audits are carried out , b but I must say I was a bit surprised t to hear during the debate , er that that was really what the problem was , the problem with B C C I was this conflict of interest , that fraud was known and it was not declared er and er I think that these er these regulations should now make that considerably er more clear . |
| 11 | The clouds had thinned , the sun was shining and it was almost warm enough to create the illusion of summer . |
| 12 | He saw something erm he saw a cat and he zoomed out the front door and he was gone and it 's only when he lost sight of the cat he thought about where he was |
| 13 | Then he was gone and it was just the Shilling-Taker and Bastardballs again . |
| 14 | It is probably prudent to suggest here that as the war progressed , especially after mid-1944 until the end , aircrew generally throughout the Command — and more especially in the Pathfinders — improved enormously , First of all starting in 1944 the loss factor was diminishing and once ground forces were proceeding to recapture and liberate large portions of Europe , the sortie value was debased and it was quite common for no one to bother to consider the 60 sorties as cut-off for a Pathfinder tour . |
| 15 | As the minister said these orders impose a new statutory duty on auditors and as he quite rightly reminded us , it is something that er we welcomed when we held the debate on the Bingham report in November nineteen ninety two , some fifteen months ago , er , I think it is fair to say that whilst we welcomed that recommendation from Bingham , we did n't say that was all that was required and it is certainly our view that whilst these orders are very welcome , they are only a start in the battle against detecting fraud and other crimes of dishonesty . |