Example sentences of "it was [adj] [subord] [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	I THOUGHT it was terrific when David JoHansen of the New York Dolls delivered such quips a : ‘ Who cares about the music when one has such sense of drama ? ’ and , ‘ We do n't play too good but we can dance as bad as we want , ’ and ‘ We do n't hold concerts — we throw parties ! ’ , and ‘ It does n't bother us when people say that we ca n't play , when we met we actually could n't , ’ etc , etc , but all these sweeping statements were launched in 1973 , and when those same epigrams are repeated three years later by lesser mortals ( i.e. Sex Pistols , Runaways , Ramones and Kiss ) , things begin to look synthetic .
2	That may not sound like the most exciting plot you have ever heard but every MP in the Commons seemed to think it was better than Indiana Jones , The Terminator and Alien rolled into one .
3	But it was evident that men required this , daily , nightly ; and at least it was better than Mr Poole .
4	It was bigger than Wembley stadium .
5	It was fabulous because King Crimson had such a tremendous sound and such a tremendous image that for them to suddenly stand up and do a lot of Buddy Holly hits with Donovan singing vocals was really cute .
6	I thought we had three to win , but it was two because Mr Lu got his birdie .
7	It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years .
8	Biting back a retort to the effect that it was doubtful if Campion Price would even recognise her , Gina said equably , ‘ I 'll try to fit a visit in . ’
9	She knew Miss Angus had never liked her much ; in fact , it was doubtful if Miss Angus liked anyone very much .
10	A marked change in status has occurred in recent years and is now a regular winter visitor , although as recently as 1953 it was rarer than Whooper Swan .
11	It was lateish when Paul Seddon had gone , nearly eleven o'clock , but I wanted to have a word with Miss Macdonald .

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