Example sentences of "was [vb pp] and it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 From the seventeenth century onwards , much of this land to the south of the Wash was drained and it has been farmed intensively ever since .
2 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 .
3 And that she said was repossessed and it went for seventy five thousand .
4 The sound began before our search was completed and it stopped me in my tracks , leaving Malc to continue alone .
5 This year a conditioner was added and it has cut more than 325ha ( 800 acres ) .
6 Still no acknowledgement was made and it grew near the time when Gigia would be setting out on her journey .
7 Nineteenth-century legislation swept away the fictions upon which trover was based and it became the modern action for conversion , though no change was made in the substance of the law .
8 She was hurt and it showed in her eyes .
9 Versions of the recently introduced song God Save Great George Our King were now heard on all sides ; a little later the text was finalised and it became the national anthem .
10 Work had already started on the bridge when the error was spotted and it had to be raised at enormous cost .
11 The radiocarbon discrepancy was confirmed and it became clear that radiocarbon results would need to be calibrated to convert them to calendar ages .
12 After a prolonged course of elemental diet an elimination diet was repeated and it became evident that he was profoundly sensitive to salicylate .
13 In July 1985 the Comptroller and Auditor General 's Report was published and it concluded that there were weaknesses in the control and deployment of nursing staff .
14 Part of the number plate was obscured and it had been badly resprayed .
15 ‘ Sabine Jourdain was murdered and it looks as though it was to prevent her from talking . ’
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