Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has included the shut-down of the Meat Research Institute in Bristol which " had a worldwide reputation , and people in other countries were dumbfounded when it closed " according to Waites . |
| 2 | The political ramifications of the case were highlighted after it emerged that two of the four co-operatives implicated were owned by members of Sharif 's ruling IDA and that substantial loans had been extended to a number of IDA politicians , including Sharif himself . |
| 3 | Seacat Scotland 's plans were disclosed when it sent an information pack on the jobs to Barbara Fonte Garcia , of Dalbeattie , Dumfries and Galloway . |
| 4 | In short , it was claimed that meditators ' moral senses were enlivened and it helped them ‘ become better Christians ’ . |
| 5 | Knives were drawn and it looked as if many ancient , long-held grudges were to be settled . |
| 6 | They had to first of all get a base from which to achieve , unfortunately of course gaining the power and the growth of the power no doubt the ideals were corrupted and it became what you are su suggesting it did , it no longer represented the people . |
| 7 | He said the brakes were worn but it had not contributed to the tragedy . |
| 8 | The medieval Church had laid down categorical rules about the impropriety of Christians enslaving other Christians but these rules were waived when it became a matter of enslaving black Africans . |
| 9 | Plans to introduce an interim budget were abandoned after it became clear that the budget deficit would be larger than anticipated . |
| 10 | Doors were fitted and it came into use on 7 September . |
| 11 | Under the empire , in large towns , the shops were cleared and it became the site for more magnificent buildings devoted to the administration of justice , bureaucracy and commerce , as well as for worship . |
| 12 | All 9 crew members on board the Hercules transport plane were killed when it crashed into the Grampian Hills in North East Scotland last Thursday . |
| 13 | Passengers on the 5.18pm train from Waterloo in London to Alton , Hampshire , were enraged when it stopped at Woking , Surrey , and the driver said it would not go further . |
| 14 | Roads were blocked and gardens were swamped but it carried on raining . |
| 15 | Failure of Antarctic sanctuary plan A French proposal for the establishment of an Antarctic whale sanctuary was withdrawn when it became clear that it would not win the requisite 75 per cent level of support of IWC members . |
| 16 | While I was struggling to stop it , frost was formed where it struck my already cold hand . |
| 17 | ( None the less , it should be noted that a critical essay of Eliot 's was dismissed because it said " nothing new " three years later. ) 50 A. C. Ward , reviewing a book called The Trend of Modem Poetry in 1936 , notes the impossibility of achieving " neutrality in the face of the conflict between right and left groups in contemporary poetry " , and therefore applauds attempts to " bring the apparently isolated modernists into the main traditional stream of English poetry " . |
| 18 | Nothing was new in this White Paper : it was emphasized that it provided an outline of a long-term strategy rather than a programme of rapid action , so it was generally regarded as a due statement of concern and good intentions , and little more . |
| 19 | Charlie 's office was small and poky and lightless and overcrowded , but the number of possible hiding places was limited and it seemed that she-d tried them all . |
| 20 | And that she said was repossessed and it went for seventy five thousand . |
| 21 | Unionist control of local government was resented because it represented minority control and the resentment was kept alive by accusations of discrimination in the allocation of council jobs and housing . |
| 22 | The sound began before our search was completed and it stopped me in my tracks , leaving Malc to continue alone . |
| 23 | It was stoned as it reached the Bogside ; Catholics clashed with the RUC ; and the Bogside Defence Association erected barricades . |
| 24 | The conference was wrecked before it started by the " U2 " incident . |
| 25 | The empty 400ft Demetrius , being towed from Dunkirk in northern France to Greece for scrap , was wrecked after it ran aground at Prawle Point in south Devon . |
| 26 | But his three-second , 89-metre flight ended in disaster when his £700 glider was wrecked as it crashed into the sea . |
| 27 | It was claimed that it made rural communities vulnerable to guerrilla reprisals . |
| 28 | In the first annual report of the medical superintendent it was reported that it had not been necessary to use the padded cell on any occasion , despite the fact that many patients had been admitted handcuffed , leg iron locked or bound with cords and chains . |
| 29 | Constable when he was giving evidence it only takes a second to fire a gun was n't that the reason that the bed was tipped because it had to be checked quickly that was n't underneath otherwise Constable may might have got shot . |
| 30 | The value of prosection was stressed since it offered three dimensional knowledge to the medical students and post-graduates and many future surgeons would be trained to dissect and explore the body through these preparations . |