Example sentences of "it [was/were] another [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It was another kind of January , a January of sudden snow storms and hard frosts at the end of the month , when a rabble of Catholic Jacobite clansmen under the nominal control of John Erskine , Earl of Mar , came to burn the protestant villages of Dunning , Muthill , Blackford , Auchterarder and Crieff . |
2 | Stories started about the unsafe state of Ribblehead viaduct ; it was another case of closure by stealth . |
3 | In fact it was another hour before Thursday let me out . |
4 | It was another victory for David over Goliath . |
5 | It was another image for Preston to carry into his dreams , or nightmares , of Uncle Titch in the dock and the twelve little dwarves grim and silent on the hard wooden benches . |
6 | It was another sort of omen ; a confirmation … |
7 | It was another product of pressure for improved conditions . |
8 | I thought it was another book on Mediterranean cooking there somewhere |
9 | When Countess Spencer died in 1972 , it was another loss for Diana to cope with . |