Example sentences of "[noun] it was [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By half-time it was obvious the rest of the game would continue in darkness , and to save time the referee ordered the players to stay on the field for an interval of two minutes only . |
| 2 | One of the first complaints was made by three members of CND who were told on 7 July 1986 by the Tribunal ‘ that after careful investigation it was satisfied no contravention of the [ statutory ] criteria had occurred ’ . |
| 3 | By mid-morning it was obvious the vigil was unnecessary . |
| 4 | The BR watchdog body , the Central Transport Consultative Committee , said last night it was evident the crash was caused by human error , although it became clear that arrangements for supervising and auditing the quality of work were ‘ lamentably defective ’ . |
| 5 | It was a short hop for Foucard to suggest that as her colleague was such a dull man it was unlikely the flat had been searched for something belonging to him , more likely that the hunt was for something belonging to Rain or Oliver . |
| 6 | For Europe , Marshall Aid was an important element in its recovery : for Britain it was first a safeguard and then a prop to the sterling area [ cf. |
| 7 | I felt I could hardly lift my arm to comb my hair it was such an effort ; but most of all I got so depressed knowing everything was piling up and I was n't doing anything about it , and soon I would n't be able to . |
| 8 | Of course it was possible the van was parked there only because the man was inside destroying coypu or moles or rats or woodworm , but somehow Adam did n't think so . |
| 9 | She had so clearly implied that of course it was all a charade , but that Conchis must not know it was ; that she was in fancy-dress for him , not for me . |
| 10 | Saw all the logs of wood up , put it on a trailer it was half a mile away from the cottage , when we came to the cottage door , give a shout , they all came out one after the other , there was a chain , put it under the stairs and that was us fine for about three weeks |
| 11 | ‘ As a matter of fact it was all a bit of a shock . |