Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The FMLN denied government claims that it was refusing to withdraw its forces to appointed territories , that it had under-reported its arms and troop inventories , or that it was encouraging land occupations and was planning to establish agrarian settlements in a disputed border area with Honduras . |
| 2 | But it was skewed development priorities that forced people into a continued dependence on livestock in the first place and huge , often foreign-owned ranches that pushed those people and their herds onto fragile , marginal land . |
| 3 | On the second floor it was all the scones and tea bread and currant bread and on the top floor it was all confectionery work and sponge making and what have you and pies . |
| 4 | There was no snow ploughs in those days , it was all hand cut if they were cutting drifts it was manual labour . |
| 5 | it was a it was all business people and you 're talking about |
| 6 | I 've known ghosts who went back to their houses or caravans or their stately homes and there was n't a trace of them left , it was all tower blocks or allotments or -one lady ghost told me — a supermarket . |
| 7 | It was that phone call that sent me up the cul-de-sac . |
| 8 | It was sliced roast beef that comes out of er |
| 9 | It was very nerve racking and of course it was hard work . |
| 10 | It was high water time and , in spite of the fading light , the flat mile of water stood out bright and menacing . |
| 11 | It was social security expenditure that increased , un-cash limited and driven by unemployment . |
| 12 | It was this second scheme that Franco was inclined to favour and whose realization he began to turn over in his mind in the autumn of 1936 . |
| 13 | It was this background knowledge that influenced the way in which Phil Barlow , the deputy head responsible for the curriculum , perceived the post and the appointment , as he explained to me : |
| 14 | ‘ Immediately after the marathon it was local election time and I was on the move constantly . |