Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] it was [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lady McCollum , chairman of the watchdog body , said the completion of the Single Market and the fact that trade was crossing new borders meant it was crucial consumers interests were not overlooked . |
| 2 | Observers held their breath as the former Derry City and Shelbourne star took to the pitch for his first game but the thunderous greeting that cascaded down from the Windsor stands proved it was unnecessary caution . |
| 3 | A notable sleeper was Sotheby 's lot 265 , undercatalogued as ‘ a Meissen figure of an actor ’ , estimated at £700–900 , sold over telephone for £4,800 ( $7,200 ) ; again lot 339 , a Berlin Cabaret set , catalogued misleadingly as circa 1880 , estimated at £1,200–1,800 , was a good buy at £3,200 ( $4,800 ) ; trade sources affirmed it was eighteenth century . |
| 4 | Programme chiefs denied it was sour grapes after ITV lost the battle with BSkyB to screen live Premier League matches . |
| 5 | Her lawyers believed it was highest settlement made in an English divorce court . |
| 6 | Police fear it was same attacker who last month locked a man in his car boot , kidnapped his girlfriend from a Winchester beauty spot and raped her . |
| 7 | Police suspect it was some form of protest . |
| 8 | The police said it was wholesale fraud . |
| 9 | The students felt it was another infringement of their already limited freedom and disliked the highhanded manner in which it was carried out . |
| 10 | But worried Orcadians said it was further proof — following the Braer oil tanker disaster on neighbouring Shetland — of the pressing need to review shipping arrangements . |