Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a most successful party , and the only person who failed to enjoy it was the one for whom it had been given . |
| 2 | She looked at the clock , frustrated to find it was only a little after eleven . |
| 3 | The hunt involved admitted it was in the wrong . |
| 4 | Oh we used to work er f er six days a week , er all day Saturdays erm eight to eight and er eight till eight at n at er eight till seven at night or er or eight till eight at erm most shifts was early , they used to have a a an hour er an hour break of a dinner time er sometimes they only used to have half an hour at night because , I mean well once you 've got er y y you was there , once you get you shift done it was no good sitting there doing for an hour and er it , it varies on what production what was wanted and how far advanced you was or how far behind you was , you know , but er the average hours was as I say was ten hours a shift that was working shift , you worked ten hours and then a break in between , ten minutes , half an hour |
| 5 | A SURPRISE inspection of a home for the elderly at Loanhead , near Edinburgh , has revealed it was failing to comply with fire regulations . |
| 6 | Televerket , the Swedish state phone company has decided it was a mistake to buy Ada development software specialist Telesoft Inc , San Diego and turn the company into Telesoft AB . |
| 7 | And then Jason yeah and they 're like saying , they say look it was an early seventies crime you 've got ta help us , how would you handle it because they 're not allowed to use fast cars and guns and he goes find a country house |
| 8 | He tried to suggest it was a casual encounter as he stepped from the shadows , but realized at once that his subterfuge was painfully obvious . |
| 9 | Ray Noorda , chairman of Novell Inc , and Unix System Laboratories Inc chief Roel Pieper visited Japan at the end of last week in an attempt to reassure shareholders and customers of their respective organisations , already , if not soon to become , joint shareholders , that life was proceeding as normal and that the future of Unix as the industry has known it was in good hands . |
| 10 | And exhibitors were under increasing pressure from American practices designed to ensure it was US pictures which British audiences saw . |
| 11 | However , regarding the actions of coalition forces , " we want to believe it was not a crusade , it was not colonialism … subsequent actions will prove all this to us " . |
| 12 | After many blunders and dropped stitches it was eventually finished . |
| 13 | Chance , fate or whatever you want to call it was offering me the opportunity to finally get you out of my system . |
| 14 | At least I tried to think it was . |
| 15 | THE Investment Management Regulatory Organisation ( Imro ) has admitted it was partly to blame for allowing the Maxwell pension fraud to happen and that it was ‘ thumped ’ for its supervision of the Maxwell fund managers by the parliamentary select committee on social security . |
| 16 | The hospital involved has admitted it was an appalling mistake to make . |
| 17 | The hunt involved has admitted it was wrong . |
| 18 | He tried to say it was n't quite what he had in mind . |
| 19 | ‘ He tried to say it was too much worry for him but I know him too well to believe that . |
| 20 | I 'd heard it was a lovely area but was n't prepared for its rugged beauty . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd like to think that our audience here came out because of the last gig , because that caused a real stir here and I 'd like to think they were here because they 'd heard it was special . |
| 22 | He 'd heard it was quite expensive to get in . |
| 23 | I subsequently choked on my tea as I 'd heard it was 250,000 . |
| 24 | I 'd I 'd heard it was a mill . |
| 25 | Wainfleet had put on his most triumphant expression as Marshall and Wickham strolled in and it was deflating to realize it was wasted . |
| 26 | Everybody seemed to know it was coming . |
| 27 | If we 'd won it was 2nd place . |
| 28 | I 'd forgotten it was an away game . ’ |
| 29 | I , I have actually , erm no I 'd forgotten it was on . |
| 30 | He 'd decided it was best to keep out of Stella 's way until he was actually at the field . |