Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've just realised where it was taken . |
| 2 | All I could do was write a letter , and by the time I 'd written a letter and it got where it was going and a reply got back , a week or two weeks could have gone by . |
| 3 | Managerial credit was given where it was due to Ally McCoist and Mark Hateley and , not unnaturally , Smith hoped for a continuation of their apparently insatiable craving for goals . |
| 4 | Judge Lauterpacht however felt that extension of the Organisation 's powers could only be justified where it was necessary for the performance of its functions and , in this instance , was caused by South Africa 's non-performance of its obligations . |
| 5 | The body would remain where it was . |
| 6 | I had to find where it was . |
| 7 | It was driven very carefully back to Llandudno Junction shed where it was stored out of steam for a couple of days until the powers decided what to do . |
| 8 | Her glance flew to the Jaguar , parked where it was always parked these days , and a hint of a smile warmed her mouth . |
| 9 | Ages seemed to pass although it was only moments , until a pollen-laden grass flower tickled his nose and he sneezed himself back to life again . |
| 10 | Treaty language suggesting applicability to all States has to be measured against pronouncements denying that it was the intention of the signatories to create third party rights . |
| 11 | In the Netherlands on Nov. 14 reports quoted Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers as having admitted to the existence of a secret organization in the Netherlands but denying that it was supervised by NATO . |
| 12 | On April 29 , Reuter reported that UNITA had ordered its forces to drive government troops out of the area , while denying that it was launching a general offensive . |
| 13 | An entry in the charges register disclosed that it was subject to restrictive covenants imposed by a deed of 1883 but did not reveal what those covenants were , because on first registration neither the deed nor a copy or abstract of it had been produced . |
| 14 | He had never supposed that it was publishable or that Emmie cherished ambitions of that kind . |
| 15 | It is generally supposed that it was at Thurgarton . |
| 16 | It 's possible that some other minor eruptions occurred between 1681 and 1883 , but if they did , there is no record of them , and all of the reports and descriptions made by ships passing Krakatoa suggest that it was quite dormant . |
| 17 | REPORTS of America 's Davis Cup win over Switzerland suggest that it was the most repulsively nationalistic sporting event since the Hitler Olympics of l936 . |
| 18 | In a truly patronising vein , you suggest that it was technology , the offer of a shiny card with their photo , that attracted Cambodians to register as voters . |
| 19 | Rare coloured propaganda photographs suggest that it was of a warm mid-brown shade . |
| 20 | " Well , the River Police suggest that it was to weight the body enough to keep it under water , but not to sink it . |
| 21 | The 1377 poll-tax returns suggest that it was over three times the size of the largest provincial centres , Bristol and York , almost five times that of Coventry and six times that of Norwich ( 104 , p.1 ) . |
| 22 | The deferential tone , and the fact that it 's couched as a letter rather than as a minute , suggest that it was directed to someone outside the Civil Service . |
| 23 | 20 ) were seen , above , to be comparable at an integral level of stylistic affinity ; but the size and shaping of the tesserae in mosaic 7 , its large areas of background filling in buff-brown tesserae , and the absence of the most significant border decorations visible in mosaics B and C , suggest that it was the work of an essentially different group of craftsmen . |
| 24 | The direct and indirect statutory controls over the rules of the SIB and SROs and , in particular , the role of the Secretary of State suggest that it was contemplated that rules which survived their scrutiny would adequately protect investors . |
| 25 | Their decision was prompted by fears that the protector might usurp the throne , although Mancini adds that it was supported by the queen 's family , who wanted to prevent power passing to Gloucester . |
| 26 | Their decision was prompted by fears that the protector might usurp the throne , although Mancini adds that it was supported by the queen 's family , who wanted to prevent power passing to Gloucester . |
| 27 | They proposed that it was a function of the mean payout ratio , the predicted short-term earnings and long-term dividend growth rates , the variability of the historical earnings growth rates and the historical earnings growth rate . |
| 28 | Little did he know that it was n't a smile , but a grimace of pain . |
| 29 | Little did they know that it was for the pocket of Mr S. Caplan . |
| 30 | Just another wartime control tower , readers may think , but fans of the famed 1940s bandleader Glenn Miller will know that it was from Twinwoods , Beds , that Miller , then a Major in the USAAF and in charge of the American Band of the AEF , departed in a UC–64 Norseman on December 15 , 1944 for Paris — never to be seen again . |