Example sentences of "i [vb past] it [was/were] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I approached Gateshead Hall , I realized it was nine years since I had left it . |
| 2 | And his wife , who is in a wheelchair , commented , ‘ I realised it was all rubbish — he 's a wonderful man . ’ |
| 3 | Fringe , flat out at racing pace , had a wildness about him I could n't really control and I guessed it was that quality which won him races . |
| 4 | I heard it was six weeks . |
| 5 | On hearing ‘ Go to it Rose Section — go to it ’ I decided it was Rose Section although the section was too far off to be identified definitely . |
| 6 | Turning to face Luce , his hands thrust into the pockets of his beige trousers , he went on , ‘ Last year I decided it was high time I had a wife and family . |
| 7 | last I knew it was five pence a year . |
| 8 | I knew it was military equipment for Central America , pass it on . |
| 9 | I knew it was bad news . |
| 10 | I knew it was 2 midlands clubs , and that West Brom were involved … did nt realise it was stoke tho . |
| 11 | No , I , I knew it was some time but I just I remembered Louise 's birthday because Louise 's birthday was the Friday the thirteenth |
| 12 | I said I thought it was that way but , you know , agreed with them . |
| 13 | I thought it was that wife . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought it was equal opportunities in action . ’ |
| 15 | I thought it was marvellous opportunity to do it that way , each subject held in a bay and in strictly chronological order . |
| 16 | She said well , tell Grant , she said he can have a reprieve , she said it 's May the eighth and , and she says , she probably heard me say it was Friday and that 's when I thought it was this Friday , so I had to phone erm the receptionist at daddy 's works , so she was going to pass on the message to daddy just to tell him just to work late as usual , Grant , rather than come in at teatime and then go back to work again . |
| 17 | on , I thought it was this week but it is n't it 's the seventeenth , so I rang Steve and he said I better . |
| 18 | I thought it was just hysteria . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought it was just bronchitis . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And I thought it was those rats or my silly old brain and all the time it was you , young man . ’ |
| 21 | I thought it was Candid Camera I could n't stop laughing . |
| 22 | ‘ I thought it was some weirdo and when I asked who was calling the voice yelled : ‘ It 's me ! ’ |
| 23 | I thought it was some kind of erm er documentary yeah that 's what I thought . |
| 24 | At first I thought it was some pimps , the door literally came off its hinges . |
| 25 | Putting out the cigarette again , as though stubbing Alice out of existence , he said , " I thought it was some hooligan , these kids who come into a house on an impulse " It was at this point that the next thought hit him , and again he sat staring . |
| 26 | At first I thought it was some ague but it proved to the Sweating Sickness . |
| 27 | I thought it was another boy ! |
| 28 | I thought it was another book on Mediterranean cooking there somewhere |
| 29 | I thought it was last week ? |
| 30 | well if it is n't yeah , if we , if and I thought it was national account which means it 's a multi-locational site which it is |