Example sentences of "it was [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother preferred the daily serial , Mrs Dale 's Dairy , which she mocked a little but rather liked because it was about a doctor 's wife . |
| 2 | It was worth a monastery 's while to gain exemption for its own boats , for instance , and then as now , the great rivers of France lent themselves to bulk traffic . |
| 3 | When the final announcement came yesterday , it was on a winter 's day as cold and dull as their marriage had become . |
| 4 | I had to announce a big disaster during the war , the fall of France or something , and it was during a children 's matinee . |
| 5 | It was in a woman 's handwriting . |
| 6 | It was like a drovers ' camp in front of Castle Menzies . |
| 7 | ‘ It was like a burglar 's convention , ’ Sean , 35 , from Wombwell , said yesterday . |
| 8 | Her hand was small , but , ringless and with short nails as it was , it was like a man 's . |
| 9 | It was like a crooks ' convention |
| 10 | He cried out , a sound of pain and rage so inarticulate it was like a seagull 's screech . |