Example sentences of "[noun pl] [that] it was [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Hodge hoped that the Joint Commission would resume its work and he did not wish to convey the impression to Koreans that it was American policy to prevent unification .
2 Astute readers might also have found a small note , placed in the magazine 's gossip column , referring to the front page story and reminding readers that it was 1 April — placed there by Birbeck as a precautionary measure .
3 The sachets remained unopened and in their possession at all times and the analyst confirmed to police that it was high-grade cocaine .
4 He might tell his loved ones that it was all hell out there , but the reality was different .
5 I was so immersed in my thoughts that it was several seconds before I realised that the sound dinning in my ears was the telephone ringing .
6 Corman brushed off accusations that it was total exploitation — which it was — of the California motorcycle gangs , full of disgusting gang bangs , orgies , sadism and drugs .
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