Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] it was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot thought it was the loveliest book she 'd ever seen . |
| 2 | On the Via Mercanti side of the palazzo is a relief sculpture of the ‘ half wool sow ’ , the mythical half-pig , half-sheep that legend had it was the real derivation of the name Mediolanum — from medio lanae . |
| 3 | Do you know , when television came it was the biggest event in our lives , for women . |
| 4 | A spokesman for the British Field Sports Society said it was the first time he had heard of this happening ; which prompted Chapman Pincher to write in saying that the same thing had happened to him in 1961 ( Daily Telegraph , 21 and 24 December 1987 ) . |
| 5 | Garden birds roused themselves bravely , far off a cockerel said it was the new day and buzzards with peeinging whistle arced over the slowly silhouetting mountains . |
| 6 | Clearly visible as an up-lighter caught it was the strong profile of Martin Ward , with the Dyson family a few steps behind . |
| 7 | When the 28-bedroom Sundial opened it was the first new hotel in the town for 240 years . |
| 8 | The company said it was the first step towards a broadening of its geographic and product base which would reduce dependency on the UK and on shoes . |