Example sentences of "it [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her first glimpse of it was through elaborate iron gates set between two large stone pillars surmounted by rampant lions . |
| 2 | It was at that moment Meredith caught a glimpse of another familiar figure . |
| 3 | It was at that point Lomax had leapt from the doorway , wrenching out his gun , and bellowed his frantic warning . |
| 4 | There 's also an exhibition and 20s-style Picture Palace at Armley Mills on the early history of the movies because it was at nearby Leeds Bridge , in 1888 , that the first moving images were made . |
| 5 | It was at this crisis point in his career , now aged 32 , that Gallacher signed for Derby County . |
| 6 | it was at this crisis point that the tour management decided to send him back to school — to Alf Gover 's famous establishment for an intensive three-day course . |
| 7 | Things had changed slightly down there , however ; a new parish , that of Christ Church , Watney Street , had been carved out of the ever-more-populous St George 's , and it was at this recently-dedicated Christ Church that the couple were married on 22 March 1846 . |
| 8 | McGregor , who had been approached by a worried neighbour , admitted making use of the computer but claimed it was on legitimate police business . |
| 9 | It was on that kitchen shelf for |
| 10 | It was on that second voyage he encountered the Odonata . |
| 11 | Ever since then , China in its many and varied aspects has been in my mind , and I believe it was on that Saturday morning in Aunt Janie 's potato patch that I first became interested in the Orient . |
| 12 | It was on this date personnel involved learned that an unidentified aircraft carrier would be anchoring at Greenock where the Spitfires would be loaded on board . |
| 13 | Most of that is presently with your offices and draw up a reports in a moment , it was on special education needs , and so on . |
| 14 | Appropriately , it was of two water colours of the Slipper Chapel and the Priory which had been painted by Tess McNulty , one of our pilgrims . |
| 15 | I put a hand into the language space and drew the briefcase to the front ; and it was of black crocodile skin with gold clasps , as I 'd seen at Nottingham races . |
| 16 | When I arrived back at B.P. it was to further billeting problems . |
| 17 | It was to this common-sense knowledge that Berger and Luckmann directed the sociology of knowledge . |
| 18 | Contact with less advanced elements might well fluctuate , subject as it was to constant police intervention . |
| 19 | Askari Security Services of Norwich said it was for poor work rate . |
| 20 | Indeed it was for captive catfish farming projects that the product was first designed . |
| 21 | And what a great day it was for 82-year-old George Mitchell of the Belmont Club . |
| 22 | Baker said in the debate that it was for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to chose the option of peace by withdrawing Iraqi forces . |
| 23 | ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ would n't have been half the phenomenon it was without that promo vid . |
| 24 | It was Taylor 's opinion that their experience had proved that although a considerable quantity of ore remained to be got from the various veins , the expenses of all kinds in the district , remote as it was from other mining fields , prevented fair remuneration for risking capital and exerting their skill . |
| 25 | Long years later , he ended up in a workhouse and it was from that vantage point that he ‘ launched his attack upon the world of letters . ’ |
| 26 | It was from this Berlin circle of admirers that Baron von Swieten brought the cutting that was to flourish in Vienna . |
| 27 | ‘ It was after that weekend gig in Zimbabwe — but I seem to remember that you took two weeks ’ leave immediately after that , so perhaps you never knew . |
| 28 | It was after all Bank Holiday Monday . |
| 29 | Yet at the end of the eighties the only government money paid to BR was the rapidly dwindling subsidy paid to Provincial and Network SouthEast sectors to support loss-making services and talk continued of ‘ bustitution ’ , however ridiculed it was by professional transport executives . |
| 30 | Togetherness and self-help in the birth process , followed as a matter of course by breast feeding , is now embraced with less evangelical fervour than it was by Fifties pioneer couples . |