Example sentences of "it was [art] [num ord] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 For the 24 students on a new Performing Arts Course at the Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology , it was a first day they would never forget .
2 It was the 28th house he had called at .
3 we had a lot of affection for it really and , I mean we 've had it so long and it was the first furniture we had when we married
4 It was the first home I had . ’
5 ‘ We recorded it because it was the first song we 'd written , ’ says Mike , founder member of the band .
6 Dawson originally trained in art and design at the London College of Furniture , ‘ because it was the first course I got on . ’
7 Dawson originally trained in art and design at the London College of Furniture , ‘ because it was the first course I got on . ’
8 It was the first bathroom she had ever had to herself , and sharing with three younger brothers — she had found tadpoles in her toothglass once — had its share of perils .
9 It was the first suit he had ever owned and three sizes too big .
10 It was the first communication she 'd had with her since the day she left the convent ignominiously and in dire disgrace .
11 It was the first winter I became ugly :
12 It was the first airedale I 'd seen for years , maybe the first since the two that shadowed my childhood .
13 It was the first question I asked .
14 So we all got very excited because it was the first money we 'd spent for a long time .
15 In fact , she sounded particularly cheerful ; it was the first morning she had woken up with no trace of sickness , and was cheered at the thought of entering the ‘ blooming ’ phase of pregnancy .
16 It was the first remark she had volunteered all evening .
17 It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice .
18 It was the first time we made a connection .
19 It was the first time we had managed to get eight aircraft into the air in one formation in the nearly two months I had been on the island .
20 It was the first time we 'd ever done an overland journey .
21 It was the first time we 'd returned to any location and I thought it must be a good sign .
22 But when I phoned her ( at a ‘ safe ’ house ) for this article , it was the first time we 'd spoken directly since the filming .
23 ‘ It was Sheena Hawthorne , and it was the first time we had set eyes on each other for 50 years , ’ Betty says .
24 It was the first time they had ever spoken of the affection they felt .
25 It was the first time they had met although he had known of her existence as he had of all the handful of people who lived , as the Lydsett villagers said , ‘ t' other side of the gate ’ .
26 It was the first time they 'd heard him admit the Store was built by humans .
27 It was the first time they had conceded four goals at home since the Manchester United of Charlton , Law and Best rammed four past them in 1969 .
28 I was playing loads of rave music , and at the end they were begging us not to go off because it was the first time they 'd ever heard it properly .
29 It was the first time they had been alone together since Abbotsfield .
30 Not that it was the first time they 'd been cut .
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