Example sentences of "[prep] it was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They revealed awesome finishing power on that occasion — and most of it was personified by D.J . |
| 2 | According to the council , the garden was indeed large but much of it was paved ; the property was in an urban area where the speed limit was 30mph ; the shops were located 700 yards from the property ; |
| 3 | The top of it was shrouded in mist and wind , and in this weather it would be an icy , treacherous climb . |
| 4 | Some of it was broken . |
| 5 | What there was of it was represented in Parliament by Labour MP Robert Maxwell . |
| 6 | The Cathedral apse provides a bastion in the city walls and this part of it was built 1088–91 . |
| 7 | As organist and piano teacher most of it was composed for performance at some ritual , often in church — it conveys not only the solemnity of the occasion but also the spaciousness of the building and the sound of the organ with its vast range of tonalities . |
| 8 | The impact was so great that the effect of it was to remain with me in the months ahead and give me strength when I most needed it . |
| 9 | Remember , when the sterling was redeposited with the UK bank only 90 per cent of it was credited to the NBPS ; 10 per cent was deposited in the name of the overseas bank and is not included in normal definitions of the money supply . |
| 10 | But in this case most of it had n't been touched since 1934 , and part of it was requisitioned for troops during the war . |
| 11 | No thought of the future , whether it was to be spent in jail or exile or even in restored fortune — no thought of it was to mar those living moments as they were given to her . |
| 12 | In the nine-acre arboretum , as part of it was called , each species and variety was represented by a well-grown display specimen and a stock of smaller plants for sale . |
| 13 | and erm er in the end of course , hardly any of it was implemented . |
| 14 | Although external organs such as the police networks were used to enforce control , much of it was exercised through existing social institutions , for example , the family and the company , and through official organizations such as the reservists , youth leagues and women 's groups , of which membership , where appropriate , eventually became compulsory . |
| 15 | It is in such conditions that we should look for an explanation of the outcrop in the 1860s of sensational popular fiction , replete with desertion , adultery , bigamy and sudden death ; much of it was written from the woman 's point of view by women writers , such as Mary Braddon , Rhoda Broughton and Mrs Henry Wood . |
| 16 | A verbal exchange between two people was recorded and part of it was written down . |
| 17 | The daughter of James Harris [ q.v. ] later claimed that a ‘ great part ’ of it was written by him , but she offered no evidence . |
| 18 | ‘ I should explain that although part of the letter was dictated by the kidnappers , most of it was written by my father . |
| 19 | Part of it was designated as a nature reserve in 1944 , and its central area , which includes NIMCO 's proposed mining operation , is a UNESCO World Heritage Site — which designation in theory prohibits any development whatsoever . |
| 20 | The floor was wooden , and polished , but most of it was covered by a large , intricately patterned and badly frayed coloured carpet . |
| 21 | The top of it was covered with a thick , slabbed hide like pliable armour , with all the eyes jutting from the front . |
| 22 | The head itself , with a non-reflective black surface , was larger than normal and the back of it was formed into an oval shape . |
| 23 | Much of it was erected by small speculators with limited means , who came themselves from the working class . |
| 24 | Part of her annoyance was brought about by the fact that she had never met nor heard of Mary Brown but part of it was fuelled by the fact that her son had broken with the faith . |
| 25 | But the bulk of it was done by way of the tutorial , a weekly session in which the pupil read aloud an essay of some three thousand words to his tutor and they then discussed it . |
| 26 | As for naval campaigning , much of it was done at a great distance . |
| 27 | A lot of it was done by hand . |
| 28 | Most of it was done in the seventies , some was done in the sixties . |
| 29 | … the crisis today is that we have fictions which no one admits to be fictions , whereas before people had myths , people had religions , and so on , and a lot of it was believed in as a matter of faith , whereas now everything is presented as real , and it is no more real than the myths of before . |
| 30 | Much of it was conducted from her own room , which soon acquired a shrine-like notoriety , both on account of its furnishings and its occupant . |