Example sentences of "[vb past] it was [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Readman , honorary secretary of the Redcar Station , said he believed it was only the third time a crew at the station had received a medal in the 190 years since the Zetland was first launched from Redcar . |
| 2 | The farmers had to wait some considerable time for compensation , and when it came it was not the expected bonanza . |
| 3 | Symphony because I felt it was not the right tempo . |
| 4 | As far as quality of play went it was probably the worst since I took over . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ That bloody bike , ’ she said , although she knew it was n't the same one . |
| 6 | She knew it was not the correct mode of address but she felt a little odd , outside reality , and was afraid she was about to dissolve into tears . |
| 7 | He said , with his back to me , until you went away I thought it was just the usual thing . |
| 8 | I thought it was probably the other one who had rung , on the cadge . ’ |
| 9 | However , he thought it was probably the second language of no fewer than ninety per cent of Tanzanians . |
| 10 | I never re realised we 're doing a module in the eighth year was environment , I always thought it was always the ninth year ? |
| 11 | Thaw , 50 , admitted it was probably the huge success of the opera-loving sleuth Morse that clinched the award . |
| 12 | He gave her a wide toothy grin , and immediately realized it was exactly the wrong approach . |
| 13 | And I remembered it was here the dumb woman lived . |
| 14 | Matt tried plate-smashing but they said it was n't the local custom and threw us out ! |
| 15 | He said it was not the small investor but the ‘ fecklessness , gullibility , and incompetence of the Government , which for months and for years , ignored all the warnings . |
| 16 | You said it was incontestably the best ? |
| 17 | Maybe she wished it was still the young man who shared her bed instead of a man who-was almost old enough to be her father . |