Example sentences of "it [was/were] [det] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In it were all kinds of animals and birds . |
| 2 | Behind it were several sets of screens at different angles , behind which the stripogrammers or Boozebusters got changed . |
| 3 | He was studying it reverently , as if it were some breviary of tobacco . |
| 4 | The establishment was ringed with barbed wire , and guarded by men of the R.A.F. Regiment whose N.C.O.s kept discipline by threatening their men that misdemeanours would result in their being sent ‘ inside the Park ’ , as if it were some sort of madhouse . |
| 5 | We all thought it was all part of number one . |
| 6 | Just who did it for them she did n't seem to know , it was all contacts of Gustav 's . |
| 7 | It was all gudgeon for Geoff Stanley ( Coventry Casters ) who used bloodworm to tempt 2–2–0 . |
| 8 | And it was all thanks to Charlie . |
| 9 | The older ones took turns to accompany their father , then it was all hands on deck getting breakfast and everyone ready for ten o'clock Sunday School . |
| 10 | It was all hands on deck as they worked flat out over a weekend in March . |
| 11 | It was all hands on deck as the crew of the Soren Larsen , prepared to lift the first part of the ship 's 100 ft foremast back into place . |
| 12 | At one stage , yes — it was approval , it was ambition , it was all sorts of things , but I was still aware of them . |
| 13 | ‘ I bet it was that gang from Elgin Avenue . ’ |
| 14 | It was that brand of challenge by Darren Peacock in the fifth minute that damaged Shearer 's ankle , though he struggled on before succumbing a couple of minutes after the interval . |
| 15 | But my opinion of the book is much the same now as it was that day in Kathmandu . |
| 16 | ( And it was that lack of hits which probably helped bring about the suicides . ) |
| 17 | So it was that night at Hampton Court . |
| 18 | However , to get him to the point where he might be weaned from the ventilator , one must allow him to sleep and get stronger , so if it was that kind of day or that kind of period , he might have more sedation than other times . |
| 19 | It was that kind of day . |
| 20 | When my colleague had said that , with me sitting right beside him , I felt like punching him in the face ; it was that kind of attitude that any campaign would have to fight . |
| 21 | There 's Daddy Dyance diving off desks and whacking boys with the cane — it was that kind of school . |
| 22 | Men of the standing of Peter Elliott were relegated to B races — it was that kind of night . |
| 23 | It was that kind of country , somehow , safe things looked dangerous , specially in the corner of your eye . |
| 24 | It was that kind of care that had kept him alive so long . |
| 25 | And it was that kind of debate that that went on the last few years . |
| 26 | He was confronted , briefly , by an Arsenal supporter in the car park an hour after the match and Jensen said : ‘ Yes , Durie was kicking me — but it was that kind of game . ’ |
| 27 | But Magilton missed , or rather Muggleton saved : it was that kind of game . |
| 28 | It was that kind of place . |
| 29 | It was that aspect of diesel that particularly attracted me , as well as the environmental and economical advantages . ’ |
| 30 | It was that failure of implementation that seems to have prompted Leon Panetta , Mr Clinton 's budget chief , to unburden himself of melancholy thoughts on April 26th . |