Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] it [was/were] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the dark hours after breakfast it was some way of controlling the monstrous disjuncture between his private and his public life . |
| 2 | But of course it was real silk , so tiresomely good , like all Ianthe 's things . |
| 3 | Well the standpipe used to freeze up and er when that occurred the grown men in the house used to light a fire round the standpipes , of course it was cast iron it was n't copper or anything like that , and light a fire to thaw it out , I do n't remember ever being without water but we used , it was a bit primitive but burn newspaper and stuff round the standpipe and er the old as I say we used to , the water for the washing we used to pump into the sink and er fill the old dolly tub with water for the washing and use the rainwater for washing . |
| 4 | Of course it was all lies . |
| 5 | And of course it was all Brian 's fault . |
| 6 | It was very nerve racking and of course it was hard work . |
| 7 | And the next day I picked it up and of course it was ten shillings , my full |
| 8 | when you went shopping you could shop everywhere and a quarter of tea it was that price every shop , there was no competitiveness about it |
| 9 | Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting . |
| 10 | In times of war it was standard practice for pilots to gain experience on a medium powered aircraft , such as the Harvard , before climbing into anything as powerful as the Corsair . |
| 11 | Like most engineering projects , it may have looked good on paper , but in practice it was another thing entirely . |
| 12 | With its wide moat and narrow approaches , it was indeed a castle , but in spirit it was some distance from Amberley and Bodiam . |
| 13 | The house was very grand , in fact it was two houses . |
| 14 | These five cars received the least modifications of any of the South Metropolitan fleet and in fact it was many years before they were even repainted , running in deep chocolate and ivory , with only the fleet numbers and badges altered . |
| 15 | In fact it was another hour before Thursday let me out . |
| 16 | In fact it was 20 years ago , before ZZ Top were even famous . |
| 17 | In retrospect it was courageous legislation but it had curiously little bite . |
| 18 | At dawn it was grey clouds and rain over the racecourse , but there was no lie-in for the true racing fan . |