Example sentences of "it [was/were] a [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The DUC operated as a kind of umbrella organization and there was a little group in all the different localities where uranium prospecting was going on … and each of these groups had their own little committee of two or three people who were feeding back information to the DUC and it was a real grassroots organization then . ’ |
| 2 | It was a real rags-to-riches story . |
| 3 | After all it was a legitimate weapons cargo , however much Britain might disapprove . |
| 4 | So it was a public relations effort ? |
| 5 | It was a resounding narcotics sensation that first threatened the film industry with obliteration back in 1920 when the handsome Wallace Reid , a public idol created by The Birth of a Nation , ran afoul of federal authorities . ’ |
| 6 | It was a big sports night . ’ |
| 7 | It was an armoured personnel carrier with a 20 mm weapon fit in a turret . |