Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] it was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
| 2 | And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said . |
| 3 | ‘ I assumed it was the deliberate policy of an amateur sport towards a ‘ public service ’ . ’ |
| 4 | From the foam on it I guessed it was the first out of the keg that evening . |
| 5 | I guessed it was the bald man 's son . |
| 6 | I figured it was the best way to keep the interaction between the guitar and the lyrics , which is the whole point for me . |
| 7 | I knew it was the one Henry wanted back . |
| 8 | But I knew it would work , I knew it was the perfect register for it ; it was just a question of the right tonality and the right feeling . |
| 9 | " I knew it was the same for you ; that made it worse . |
| 10 | ‘ I knew it was the same family , ’ he admitted . |
| 11 | The one I saw it was the same plain . |
| 12 | I thought it was the other church , the one near the market , and I waited there till a quarter to twelve , and then I realized my mistake . |
| 13 | It 's lovely I thought it was the real thing . |
| 14 | Well I thought it was the forced |
| 15 | think it was this I thought it was the small |
| 16 | I wanted to run it because I thought it was the only way we stood a chance . |
| 17 | At first I thought it was the naval guns out in the Channel . |
| 18 | I thought it was the greatest adventure of our age . |
| 19 | I thought it was the front doorbell . |
| 20 | ‘ Anyway , I thought it was the Last Rites they gave you when you were dying , what d' you call it , Extreme Unction ? ’ |
| 21 | When I left there I thought it was the happiest day of my life , but it was n't . |
| 22 | I thought it was the National Front actually |
| 23 | that 's what I 'd guessed , erm , so I said no , I said they 're fine , so she said oh I 'm ever so sorry I said do n't be I said these sort of things get around , I mean it 's , she kept go and then I went on to describe how I virtually done not too a dissimilar thing going up the road trying to talk to people about writing in to object , you know with this planning application and erm , I said I sort of knock on someone 's door up there and I thought it was the next door that the husband had died and it was that one |
| 24 | I thought it was the tragic comedy like life really . |
| 25 | I said well I apologize for sending all that sir , I said , but I said it was the only way to get somebody 's attention of what was going on ! |
| 26 | I would be lying to you if I said it was the same now . |
| 27 | I said it was the sudden fresh air that had done it . |
| 28 | I had been there nine times previously , but I supposed it was the same as your time as a baby — you could not remember a thing about it . |
| 29 | ‘ But ye promised it was the last , ’ Winnie said , the drunken Rab ; and she could have pulled her hair and needed a pee but was frightened to leave Rab alone . |
| 30 | She said she gave it to her daughter because she believed it was the only drug which could help alleviate her condition . |