Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] it was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said . |
| 2 | ‘ I assumed it was the deliberate policy of an amateur sport towards a ‘ public service ’ . ’ |
| 3 | I guessed it was the bald man 's son . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It 's lovely I thought it was the real thing . |
| 7 | Well I thought it was the forced |
| 8 | think it was this I thought it was the small |
| 9 | I wanted to run it because I thought it was the only way we stood a chance . |
| 10 | At first I thought it was the naval guns out in the Channel . |
| 11 | I thought it was the front doorbell . |
| 12 | I thought it was the National Front actually |
| 13 | I thought it was the tragic comedy like life really . |
| 14 | 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 ! |
| 15 | I said it was the sudden fresh air that had done it . |
| 16 | She said she gave it to her daughter because she believed it was the only drug which could help alleviate her condition . |
| 17 | For a moment she was confused ; she thought it was the thin man , and she could n't work out how he 'd got behind them . |
| 18 | There was a shrieking in her ears , so vibratingly shrill that for an instant she thought it was the whole Glass Castle shivering to pieces — then she looked up and saw the Women sweeping down on them , screaming their war cry . |
| 19 | Thérèse respectfully sent the nuns a faire-part , edged in black ; she knew it was the correct thing to do . |
| 20 | She really wanted to know ; though it would be painful , she knew it was the only way . |
| 21 | Would it be fair to say that you accepted his decision when you thought it was the right decision , regardless of whether he may have been depressed or he may have been under the influence of drugs or some other pressure ? |
| 22 | You said it was the only reasonable thing to do , yet now , when at last I agree , you say it 's too late . ’ |
| 23 | We are sorry Q.T. day had to be cancelled but because the weather conditions were so bad we felt it was the right thing to do . |
| 24 | As they stood shining their torches down on the twisted bits of metal , they saw it was the mangled remains of a Uzi . |
| 25 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 26 | ‘ Once he 'd recharged his batteries I 'm sure he realised it was the wrong decision . |
| 27 | And they put it on back to front and so she keeps on putting her watch on upside down , she goes and I was feeling dead sick and then it realised it was the stupid cow at the shop with |
| 28 | He claimed it was the fabled treaure , buried in 1945 , of the Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita . |
| 29 | ‘ He swore it was the genuine cross . |
| 30 | He never darkened its doors , but he thought it was the proper place for weddings and christenings and funerals , and he was always prepared to rig up lights for the annual parish nativity play , with a dimming spotlight to beam sentimentally on the Virgin Mary . |