Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , it was here that peasant incomes were most often supplemented by handicraft production making them less directly dependent upon the vagaries of the harvest .
2 It was here that RSPCA officers uncovered a catalogue of cruelty .
3 The fact that it was much pleasanter doing things for John was really quite irrelevant .
4 It was mainly newer bicycle shops .
5 He advised the ministry of munitions on matters concerning chemical warfare , and it was chiefly these wartime contributions that led to his baronetcy in 1922 .
6 It was it was very , it was very sixteen year olds find this hard when they 're doing the , the high level stuff but it 's no good giving you the easy stuff cos you 're both very bright , both very clever and it 's no good saying , well what , does anyone know what one add two is is it ?
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