Example sentences of "it [was/were] [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew it was summat of the sort . ’ |
| 2 | It was her at the helm |
| 3 | I almost blush with embarrassment , like it was me in the picture . |
| 4 | For instance , a book on the influence of religious tradition on the education of women in Britain and India might include substantial chapters or whole sections on Hinduism , Buddhism and Christianity ; if the indexer therefore indexed HINDUISM , BUDDHISM , CHRISTIANITY , RELIGION , EDUCATION , WOMEN , INDIA , BRITAIN , the later combination of individual facets such as HINDUISM and BRITAIN might suggest , falsely , that the book was about Hinduism in Britain when in fact it was nothing of the kind . |
| 5 | It was nothing of the sort . |
| 6 | This would seem to imply a super-intelligence , but it was nothing of the sort . |
| 7 | He retorted that it was nothing to the risk he had taken . |
| 8 | If I had found the cramped interior of the U-boat at Kiel oppressive , it was nothing to the claustrophobia I felt inside the midget submarine , and I marvelled again at the courage and calm that had enabled Place and his crew to live a daily life in such surroundings , far less undertake and brilliantly accomplish their mission . |
| 9 | It was nothing but the stench of dead , rotting rats and of bats ' dung . |
| 10 | It was nothing like the transformation she would undergo in a few years time but it signalled the slow resurrection of her inner spirit . |
| 11 | Erm , and it was going on about it was something to the sum insurance ? |
| 12 | and there was a lot of waste , but these new tables did bring that , it was something for the company it was more than anything , you know cos we were on the bonus system . |
| 13 | It was something in the air , she decided , some voodoo spell maybe . |
| 14 | Jesus , maybe it was something in the water ! |
| 15 | Now it was a rule and the custom at the time that any of the staff could impose a fine on the spot and in this circumstance Fagan imposed a fine of 10 " ackers " — that is 10 piastres , which I can not remember what the value was at the time , but let us say it was something in the order of 5 . |
| 16 | It was something in the past . |
| 17 | Perhaps it was something in the dowager-duchess 's voice that caused it , but Joan to her own dismay burst into tears . |
| 18 | I 'm not sure , but I think when I studied this in college I think it was something like the average of producers of vocabulary of less than two thousand words . |
| 19 | It was something like the truth — as much as he would give to Ellwood . |
| 20 | It was him with the beard cos they always said the Duke of Windsor took after him because he was |
| 21 | ‘ It was him in the photo . |
| 22 | It was one in the morning when the DDA put down the phone and wiped his hands on his pyjamas . |
| 23 | It was one in the eye for the old order . |
| 24 | He had thus seldom been cooler or more controlled than now , as he told McGann that yes indeed he had been travelling , and no , it was none of the Society 's business where or about what pursuit . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , he also clearly implied that it was none of the legate 's business . |
| 26 | Then he said , ‘ It was you in the passage last night , was n't it ? ’ |