Example sentences of "it be [prep] [adj] of [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chatting to the photographer from Vogue , I discover that writing about this event is distinctly frowned upon , unless it is for one of Black 's papers . |
| 2 | It was on one of Mike 's rest days , when I went along with Christophe to do some sound recordings , that we got the first view of what was to become an obsession for Mike and me over the next two and a half years . |
| 3 | You know , Mrs Winkowski , girls will talk , and I suppose it was during one of Millie 's lonely periods while under the sisters that she confided in Annabel why she had been sent to the school . |
| 4 | It was not the only type of landscape that existed in this region any more than it was over much of England . |
| 5 | It was from one of Giggs ' dribbles in the 20th minute that new signing Ken Monkou was committed to a saving tackle that referee Ray Lewis interpreted as a back-pass . |
| 6 | It was in one of New York City 's ‘ crowded sections ’ that Thrasher and Cressey found that ‘ the photoplay of Little Caesar seemed to have swept certain groups of boys — like a cyclone , leaving a host of consequences ’ and came across boys who swaggered , threw mock-punches , dressed , and ‘ smiled like Cagney ’ and who went around repeating phrases like ‘ You can dish it out but you ca n't take it . ’ |
| 7 | Chief Superintendent Paul Green of Holborn Police said at the scene last night : ‘ The only thing that can be said about the target is that it was in one of London 's main streets at a very busy time . |