Example sentences of "was [noun] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had been quite difficult and the Gnomes had scratched their heads a good deal , because , although people did not openly refer to it , everyone knew that Flame 's father was Fael-Inis and it had meant a lot of worrisome discussions as to whether this fact ought to be openly acknowledged , or whether it might be discourteous to draw attention to it . |
| 2 | They presented a target thus for only a matter of seconds , though three of them fell in that time ; then they were hand-to-hand and at blows with the prince 's bodyguard and this was battle as it had formerly been understood between knights , and the hovering archers were crippled and out of the fight . |
| 3 | As the right hon. Gentleman was Chancellor before it started and has been Prime Minister throughout its course , is it not clear that he is not only the Prime Minister of recession , but the prime cause of recession ? |
| 4 | He liked that contempt , that resentment ; the first time he saw it in the boy 's face he knew it reminded him of something , but it was weeks before it came to him what it was . |
| 5 | The existing trade embargo , imposed following the September 1991 military coup [ see pp. 38430 ; 38522-23 ] , had failed to produce concessions , and had apparently provided opportunities for the rich pro-coup elite and sections of the army to profit from widespread smuggling , but there was evidence that it had had a devastating impact on Haiti 's economy . |
| 6 | There was outrage when it emerged recently that home care support for severely disabled users of the new Independent Living ( 1993 ) Fund would be capped at £500 . |
| 7 | But , in the UUAC there was unanimity that it did not wish to preside over that kind of success . |
| 8 | ‘ It was paper when it started and it 's paper afterwards . ’ |
| 9 | The idea was impact and it succeeded . |
| 10 | I know the name was McCloy but it did n't mean nothing to me . |
| 11 | The Assembly voted instead for Mexico 's counterproposal of the traditional Estrada Doctrine of non-intervention , and recognition of a new government if there was proof that it had established its control of internal affairs . |