Example sentences of "and [vb past] it was [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years .
2	She regarded him suspiciously , and realised it was the best he was going to do for her .
3	Being a true professional , she flashed a smile — as Fred hung on for dear life — and admitted it was a pretty paw show .
4	He put up his hands and found it was a long strand of seaweed .
5	‘ And you knew Feargal , knew his name , knew he came from Slane , and assumed it was the same family . ’
6	He ate pork chops in tomato sauce with us that evening , and claimed it was the first good meal he had had in six months .
7	I measured it when it died and confirmed it was the correct species by carrying out various ichthyological classification data , such as scale counts and rin ray counts .
8	She turned and saw it was a young man quite obviously afflicted by Down 's syndrome who had called her .
9	‘ When at Fort Desire , in Patagonia ( lat 48 ’ ) , Mr Martens shot an ostrich ; and I looked at it , forgetting at the moment , in the most unaccountable manner , the whole subject of the petise , and thought it was a two-third grown one of the common sort .
10	Timothy Gedge smiled at the men and said it was a nice day .
11	The Warden pointed out the most likely spot for short-eared owls on the hunt for stranded voles , told us that there were plenty of field fare about , and said it was a good year for ruff .
12	Lyn put the ring on and said it was a perfect fit .
13	Rain made an effort and said it was a specious one .
14	The first time I just heard a sort of brassy actor 's voice with a bit of Northern in it , so I apologized and said it was a wrong number .
15	‘ At the last pre-inquiry meeting someone from the Department of Transport jumped up and said it was the first he had heard of the pylons , ’ she said .

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