Example sentences of "[noun sg] and it was [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But they were a small club and it was hard work . |
| 2 | Four years later , however , a science programme on Australian radio accused McBride of scientific fraud and it was this accusation that eventually led local health authorities in New South Wales to begin the medical tribunal proceedings . |
| 3 | He was taking an unholy delight in her discomfiture and it was high time that he was taken down a peg . |
| 4 | Convention , technique , and an empathy with the popular mind all went into the perfecting of the Chaplin act and it was these things that enabled him to become Sennett 's most accomplished pupil and which allowed him to create the cinema 's most appealing and most universal symbol . |
| 5 | Clearly many staff had found the self-appraisal to be a valuable exercise and it was such staff , it seems , that were most positive about the process as a whole and who were most willing to take seriously the advisers ' recommendations . |
| 6 | In their inception , these authorities were based on the fact that the payer and payee were not on an equal footing and it was this inequality which gave rise to the right to recovery . |
| 7 | ‘ Interest ’ , complained a reforming chaplain , was the only stimulant in the new philosophy and it was this philosophy that inspired nineteenth-century liberalism . |
| 8 | No I had a a chap at the door at half past four this afternoon and it was this woman for the British Market Research Bureau er |
| 9 | But it was a Vauxhall Astra van but I mean it was E reg and it was three years ago and it went for two thousand quid ! |
| 10 | In s.2(1) ( b ) the phrase " let another do so " still refers to the accused 's own existing liability and it was another way of committing the offence . |
| 11 | What seemed likely to him was that Adam had allowed some undesirable person or persons access to the place and it was these vagrants or hippies — there had been a lot of hippies still about then — were responsible . |
| 12 | It is not being wise after the event to say it was a mistake to appoint Colin Harvey on his own in the first place and it was another mistake in re-appointing Kendall . |
| 13 | The ghost of Linfield past has been laid to rest and it was former team manager Eric Bowyer who began the exorcism — in somewhat bizarre circumstances . |
| 14 | In the premier league it 's West Ham against Swindon at Upton Park … last season of course they faced each other in the first division … in London Town came out on top and it was this win that sparked their promotion run … so let's hope it 's lucky for them again |
| 15 | And William in there with fists flailing and Preston inevitably drawn in , too , as the fight spread until they were hauled off to the headmaster 's study for retribution ; he was a caning head and it was two strokes on each hand for a fight in the playground , four for the classroom . |
| 16 | The generalist dominates the decision-making procedure and it was this tradition that was heavily criticised by the Fulton Report ( 1968 ) on the civil service . |
| 17 | He looked small in the crush and it was some time before the order got through . |
| 18 | ‘ I expected it to be hard because , when we tested here last February , I did a full race distance and it was hard work , very painful . ’ |
| 19 | In these small manufactories adult labour was confined mainly to supervision and it was nimble-fingered children who , for wages of between 1 and 2s ( 5-10p ) a week , produced the pins . |
| 20 | funny thing there was a letter in the paper though er in the Legal last night and it was some woman who 'd written to say that erm , this little girl had collected two , over two hundred signatures for erm the er anti hunting |
| 21 | Mother was a Tallentire and it was that side of the family which had the interest in music and … well , talent , I suppose , like the first part of their name . |
| 22 | ‘ It was general knowledge that Swithlands operated such a policy and it was plain men were never going to be offered positions on the sales force , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ I told them I was leaving after the first gig and it was this bloke from Dik Dik Dimorphic who was going on at me saying that I should n't leave . |
| 24 | So we had a big sandwich you know with salad and with crisps and that on the side and the hot chocolate and it was five pound . |
| 25 | Ironically , while Jack was with the latter , he had a fabulous season as a goalscoring wing-half and it was two goals he scored against the Palace in early April 1952 which equalled the former record of 14 goals by a half-back established by Arthur Grimsdell . |
| 26 | Charles could have chosen any excuse for the phone call and it was pure chance that he had lighted on the meaningless ‘ numberplate racket ’ I ‘ So that 's what made you drive down in the Datsun , and move the plan forward , and lose a quarter of a million pounds ? ’ |
| 27 | Now this contest I 'm looking forward too , it 's young left-hander who plays all manner of strokes , where the superb hundred at Hove last weekend , and er , tucked in particularly since Salisbury the leg spinner , on a short leg side boundary and it was similar situation today . |
| 28 | Did you see erm , they see in this paper the light did it were in Kingfisher book and it was seventeen pound for a roll |
| 29 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 30 | On my life , I ordered one of them for my friend 's daughter for her birthday and it was ten pounds that 's two ninety nine . |