Example sentences of "[vb base] it [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the firms allowed him to use the money for his own purposes and replace it was merely an indulgence . |
| 2 | Somebody could have murdered Everett , of course — in the circumstances , nothing simpler — but I expect it was just an accident , do n't you ? ’ |
| 3 | I do n't agree with people who say it was just a leadership personality cult effort . |
| 4 | Detectives say it was probably the shock that killed her . |
| 5 | So and smashed all the windows and everything in it erm so what 's that and as I say it was only a scrap van er and now he 'd bought the little chapel on the corner . |
| 6 | They say it was only a part of it , you know , because we only had half an hour , did n't we , there and then |
| 7 | To rugby now and on saturday Gloucester enjoyed their biggest and best win of the season … they beat Bristol thirty … eight eleven at Kinghsolm … shame it was only a club match |
| 8 | Th you know it was just the sort of it , it all changed after the First World War and completely changed after the Second World War . |
| 9 | I know it was only a reaction to shock but it was hardly admirable . |
| 10 | All right , I know it was hardly the All-England championships ; I know it was only the badminton club doubles competition . |
| 11 | A spokeswoman for the Guides Association said yesterday : ‘ She worked here for a short while and I suppose it was just a job to her . ’ |
| 12 | I mean it was just the back though . |
| 13 | ‘ I mean it was merely a study of kinship , ’ he added , seeing before him now the outraged faces of his colleagues at his letting the side down by describing such work as ‘ nothing much , really ’ . |
| 14 | in Australia , you know , I mean it was really a competition |
| 15 | They caved in ; I mean it was only a sister and a niece , and they 'd both been provided for during his lifetime and the niece got a couple of hundred thou in his will . |
| 16 | I , I think it was largely the way most girls were treated . |
| 17 | ‘ I think it was just a build-up of ongoing tension between them , ’ Gina admitted unhappily . |
| 18 | I do n't , I think it was just a flash in the pan . |
| 19 | I think it was just a bug and I think it was caused by |
| 20 | I think it was just the thought that if one shift did n't turn up or if people stopped turning up , then others would n't turn up and it 'd just escalate until everyone was just sitting at home in front of the fire and the quarries would function as normal , and the fact , well certainly with me , I thought well we have to make an appearance to show people that we are still on strike and keep , you know everyone who drives past us will be saying , ah hello what 's up with them ? |
| 21 | I think it was just the thought that she 'd been on it you know , and a nice bit of heat and everything , relaxing . |
| 22 | He 'd noticed a slight waning in the receipts on Sex of One … though I think it was just the power crisis and the railways . |
| 23 | Er erm I think , I mean they all eat most of them eat the ham , there were a few that sent it back I think it was probably a bit much for them . |
| 24 | ‘ I think it was probably a score-draw between Robert and myself . |
| 25 | I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so , |
| 26 | I think it was almost a relief to him — after all this time . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I think it was quite a victory , looking at ‘ The Aztecs ’ , that they allowed me some leeway there : having me chosen as the wife of the Warrior , which more or less said , look she 's marriageable now . |
| 28 | Er , I liked the spooling but some I just do n't know , some of the girls get kind of one one thing by the other I can object to , I think it was actually the atmosphere of the , the girls that worked in the department that I |
| 29 | I , I think it was only a drop in the ocean really towards the national effort , but , but I remember erm at Darlaston , they used to build tanks over there and they , they used to pay us visits in sometimes they 'd send some of their men over in the tanks to give us a pep talk about the war effort and all that but er , they used to do things like that then to gee you up erm |
| 30 | And they had what they called a floating shop , you know just a bit of a s a boat that came , Oh I think it was once a week , and they used to go and get supplies off of it . |