Example sentences of "it was [prep] [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was at that point Lomax had leapt from the doorway , wrenching out his gun , and bellowed his frantic warning . |
| 2 | There 's also an exhibition and 20s-style Picture Palace at Armley Mills on the early history of the movies because it was at nearby Leeds Bridge , in 1888 , that the first moving images were made . |
| 3 | It was at this crisis point in his career , now aged 32 , that Gallacher signed for Derby County . |
| 4 | it was at this crisis point that the tour management decided to send him back to school — to Alf Gover 's famous establishment for an intensive three-day course . |
| 5 | McGregor , who had been approached by a worried neighbour , admitted making use of the computer but claimed it was on legitimate police business . |
| 6 | It was on that kitchen shelf for |
| 7 | It was on that second voyage he encountered the Odonata . |
| 8 | Ever since then , China in its many and varied aspects has been in my mind , and I believe it was on that Saturday morning in Aunt Janie 's potato patch that I first became interested in the Orient . |
| 9 | I put a hand into the language space and drew the briefcase to the front ; and it was of black crocodile skin with gold clasps , as I 'd seen at Nottingham races . |
| 10 | It was to this common-sense knowledge that Berger and Luckmann directed the sociology of knowledge . |
| 11 | Contact with less advanced elements might well fluctuate , subject as it was to constant police intervention . |
| 12 | Askari Security Services of Norwich said it was for poor work rate . |
| 13 | Indeed it was for captive catfish farming projects that the product was first designed . |
| 14 | ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ would n't have been half the phenomenon it was without that promo vid . |
| 15 | Long years later , he ended up in a workhouse and it was from that vantage point that he ‘ launched his attack upon the world of letters . ’ |
| 16 | It was from this Berlin circle of admirers that Baron von Swieten brought the cutting that was to flourish in Vienna . |
| 17 | ‘ It was after that weekend gig in Zimbabwe — but I seem to remember that you took two weeks ’ leave immediately after that , so perhaps you never knew . |
| 18 | It was after all Bank Holiday Monday . |
| 19 | Indeed , it was in that elite Division that David 's tireless workrate , intelligent and selfless running and accurate distribution proved him to be a footballer of high calibre . |
| 20 | When he needed a political opinion he never had to reach far for it — there it was in that treasure trove of a Welsh childhood . |
| 21 | Some of it was in any case independent of the Neville influence , notably the element deriving from the duchy of York . |
| 22 | Some of it was in any case independent of the Neville influence , notably the element deriving from the duchy of York . |
| 23 | Hank was just about to say , in order to irritate his mother , that it was in another school district and he would , therefore , have to change schools , when he remembered that he was no longer at school , and shut his mouth . |
| 24 | The village of Cotherstone , situated four miles northwest of the market town of Barnard Castle was an early target of the fledgeling tourist industry , since it was within easy charabanc reach of the conurbation of Darlington , Durham and even Newcastle upon Tyne . |
| 25 | It was like some genre picture — The Secret . |