Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should let the people who were responsible for it see that they were beginning to take an active interest in what was the most important issue of the time . |
| 2 | As the Royal Bank is firmly established as a leading provider of services to the securities industry it was natural for it to assume responsibility . |
| 3 | They had , they have the plain white but the edging was more like it did n't match , it was a |
| 4 | There was enough of it to identify her as the Seren … |
| 5 | And also , as a children 's programme , I was intent upon it containing basic factual information that could be described as educational- — or , at least , mind-opening for them . |
| 6 | At this point , the start of the third trimester , the baby would have a chance of survival outside the womb , although no one was anxious for it to make an early appearance . |
| 7 | Even if it was rejected , however , under the terms of the country 's constitution approval by the lower house was sufficient for it to become law within 30 days regardless of its fate in the upper chamber . |
| 8 | The reticence of the General Council was deliberate for it feared the violence which might ensue if all workers came out and was alarmed at the prospect of mass defections leading to the rapid collapse of the dispute if it did not immediately meet its objectives . |