Example sentences of "it [was/were] [det] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was all rather a relief .
2 For an unpretentious suburban Gasthof it was all rather a surprise .
3 At the end he asked me about myself , curtly , as if it was all rather a bore .
4 Helen replied enigmatically that it was all just a question of experience .
5 Ruth was beginning to feel it was all just a dream ; part of her mind felt detached , quite separate from her body .
6 Meanwhile , a self-declared ring-leader , Paul Taylor , shouting from the roof tops , has claimed that it was all just a sit-in protest that got out of control .
7 It was all just a moment 's mental aberration !
8 It was all just a sort of angry joke because the rest of the gang , and Ashton in particular , would n't agree with him about the best way to fill holes in .
9 But he was n't frightened , because he knew that it was all just a joke , a little comedy of the kind fathers like to play with their sons .
10 Maybe it was all just a game to him , these stirring pulses and loaded glances , and chemical reactions .
11 He started to smile , teasing me , and for the second time I was convinced that someone would flourish it back to existence , that it was all only a game .
12 It was all only an excuse .
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