Example sentences of "[adv] it be [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so it was that a simple service took place at the parish church . |
| 2 | So it was that a bold , if boyish , hand completed the form ; but not over carefully ! |
| 3 | By his intimate connection with the greatest men of the day in the medical profession , he obtained for his pupils the privilege of their teaching free of expense , and thus it is that a considerable number in the ranks of our profession are pupils of Abernethy , Astley Cooper , Charles Bell , Brodie , Faraday and Brand . |
| 4 | Thus it was that a caddish cub reporter from the Cricklewood Cricket drew the following response : ‘ A quarter of my age in years multiplied by a fifth of my age in years multiplied by a forty-fifth of my age in years gives my age in years . ’ |
| 5 | Thus it was that a young cosmochelonian of the Steady Gait faction , testing a new telescope with which he hoped to make measurements of the precise albedo of Great A'Tuin 's right eye , was on this eventful evening the first outsider to see the smoke rise hubward from the burning of the oldest city in the world . |
| 6 | From there it was but a small step to parliamentary representation : |