Example sentences of "it [verb] be a [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 26-year-old Shannon clubman , an inspirational figure in Irish rugby 's long overdue renaissance said : ‘ It was great to get the try , but it has been a 15 man effort all along the line . |
| 2 | The newspaper Noticias-El Diario printed photocopies of what it claimed was a 1961 report by Paraguayan police agent Pedro Prokopchuk to Antonio Campos Alum , the chief of political police . |
| 3 | ‘ I was playing better at the end and if it had been a five set match I think I could have fought back . ’ |
| 4 | It had been a nine days ' wonder , during which no charges had been brought , but Travis had told her to her face that he knew she had taken it . |
| 5 | It had been a fifty-fifty chance , but it 's better to be lucky than good . |