Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've just realised where it was taken . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The changes will not come into force until 1991 and Lloyd 's stressed that it was attempting to introduce safeguards to ensure the market 's underwriting standards did not deteroriate . |
| 4 | The changes will not come into force until 1991 and Lloyd 's stressed that it was attempting to introduce safeguards to ensure the market 's underwriting standards did not deteroriate . |
| 5 | As he walked between the lines of cars he saw that one of them was parked so it was sticking out . |
| 6 | He asked if Hall had forgotten that it was intended eventually to extend the new buildings as far as Great George Street where they would be seen with the Abbey and the Palace of Westminster . |
| 7 | Poets were so highly esteemed that it was said that a Delhi-wallah visiting a friend in another part of India would always take with him as a present not jewels or hookahs or fine weapons but a few of Mir Taqi Mir 's new verses copied on to a single sheet of paper . |
| 8 | Queen Victoria paid income tax , but the practice was steadily eroded until it was abolished by George VI , the Queen 's father . |
| 9 | In February 1991 E. was bruised and it was thought to be a non-accidental injury . |
| 10 | Another fairly important change was that a review by a review board should be discontinued if it was established that the inspector 's report did not adversely affect the reputation of the person who applied for the review . |
| 11 | So , by the time he 'd sort of looked and it were defrosting |
| 12 | Omitting external glutamate ( Fig. 1 a ) or sodium ( Fig. 1 b ) abolished this pH o change , as would be expected if it were produced by glutamate uptake . |
| 13 | 13 , the definition of sale by retail was considered and it was held that the sale was defined by reference to quantity sold , not to the person to whom that quantity was sold . |
| 14 | We had a motion which was put before Conference last year and it was carried and it was asking for a similar review to what 's being asked for this morning . |
| 15 | When in 1988 , soon after she had left Neighbours to devote herself full time to her music , the cookie looked like it was beginning to crumble , many shook their heads knowingly . |
| 16 | Unir wanted to wait and push the stuff for Windows NT but then changed its mind when Sun Microsystems Inc brought out the Sun Classic workstation and looked like it was going to get a larger installed base . |
| 17 | Then I remembered Stephen Roskill telling me not to believe a word Mountbatten said or claimed unless it was corroborated from other sources . |
| 18 | The Cabinet had agreed on March 20 that Decree No. 42 should be discarded but it was understood that some members of the Cabinet favoured new press legislation to replace the decree , while others thought that the existing criminal code was enough to ensure a responsible press . |
| 19 | A number of options were considered but it was decided that continuity and experience were important and the services provided by Westminster Strategy were highly regarded and ought to continue . |
| 20 | The Government initiated proceedings against Mr Marsh in September last year , but after a lengthy delay while he unsuccessfully tried to obtain legal aid , the case was dropped because it was judged to be ‘ no longer in the public interest ’ . |
| 21 | The importance of the Cycladic islands had been exaggerated because it was alleged that there were Cycladic influences in the Balkans and in Italy and indeed Sicily , and in Iberia . |
| 22 | The Concentrated Reinforcement Programme was discontinued since it was considered that the very marginal improvement that it had over the Standard programme was not worth the relatively more substantial increase in running costs . |
| 23 | Ours has n't been decorated since it was erected because every year is supposed to be its ‘ last ’ year . |
| 24 | No sense getting your scav smashed before it was fenced . |
| 25 | The meeting comes after months of turmoil at Ferranti , from the discovery of a series of bogus contracts at the International Signal subsidiary , most of which were committed before it was bought by Ferranti in 1987 . |
| 26 | His mistake may have been to assume the election was won before it was fought . |
| 27 | The previous week 30 of the country 's 60 examining magistrates had been dismissed , and the Attorney General of Antioquia province , the principal negotiator of the surrender of the Medellín drug cartel chief Pablo Escobar Gaviria in June [ see p. 38283 ] , had resigned after it was revealed that he was related to Gaviria . |
| 28 | The crash above their heads had come when it was lifted bodily and flung across the deck . |
| 29 | Two days after its signing , Joyce went to England and joined the army , but was discharged when it was discovered that he was only sixteen . |
| 30 | There was a delicious ice-cold soup with tostones , croutons , chopped pimiento and chopped cucumber , which were added as it was served . |