Example sentences of "[adj] it was [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hundreds of callers jammed the BBC switchboard for more than an hour , complaining it had not been made clear it was make believe . |
| 2 | A few years later it would be Elizabeth 's brother Samuel who would step into the breach at a time of crisis , as we shall see , but in 1808 it was Thomas Hasted , as the newly-weds skirted round the northern edge of the Tower and established themselves just inside the parish of St Mary Whitechapel . |
| 3 | In 566 it was Sigibert 's turn to be the aggressor , when he sent an army against Arles , which was held by Guntram . |
| 4 | But that wedding evidently did not take place , and in December 1753 it was Ann Bowden whom he rushed to the altar in Exeter , his bride being already heavily pregnant with the first of their many offspring . |
| 5 | As such it was prod and key to personal achievement and productivity . |
| 6 | After an even opening session and a terrific toe to toe burst at the start of the second it was Oakes who took a grip with McGrath soaking up a steady stream of hard right-hand shots . |
| 7 | In 1991 it was 12.9p . |
| 8 | In the first half of 1991 it was £2.1 billion , which is some 30 per cent . |
| 9 | Prior to 1924 it was men only , then when ladies began to have short hair , a curtain was put across the shop and behind this was the third chair where Mr. Yeates , Tommy 's recently acquired partner began operating on the female sex . |
| 10 | At any rate in the spring of 1784 it was Friends who resolved to accompany their delivery of their anti-slave trade pamphlet prepared by the slave trade committee of the Meeting for Sufferings with lobbying of MPs . |
| 11 | Convinced it was London , he invited me to join his campaign convoy the next day : ‘ Afterwards we can eat and there will be time to talk . ’ |
| 12 | Yes I know how much it was Kyle . |
| 13 | But if it had to be anyone , I am glad it was John . |
| 14 | Leith went to her office on Monday , having spent more of the weekend working on facts and figures , yet finding she was glad it was Monday morning . |
| 15 | Come the Seventies it was time for a rethink . |
| 16 | Now Léonie was thinking about Thérèse , how unfair it was boys wanted her when anyone could see , however well-developed her figure was , she was n't interested in all that . |
| 17 | When I had last been conscious it was June 28 — it was now July . |
| 18 | Subscriptions increased rapidly throughout the inflation-sick 1970's , so much so that in 1970 the men 's subscription had been only £28 but by 1980 was £126.50 + V.A.T. ( In 1960 it was £14 and today ( 1986 ) is £165 + V.A.T. ) . |
| 19 | A police officer told the court he was sure it was Betteridge whom he saw in Houndgate , Darlington , at 11.50pm on Saturday as he had known him since he was 15 . |
| 20 | But I am not sure it was love , not on my side at least . ’ |
| 21 | You 're sure it was girl ? ’ |
| 22 | I 'm sure it was Jan egging him on that got him expelled from the Rainbow Crche . |
| 23 | Because in one county there was erm I 'm not sure it was Ireland was a big erm hired firm like that came , they explored round they paid so many hundred to each farmer for exploring the land and he said , Oh no we 've found nothing . |
| 24 | I 'm sure it was Iceland |
| 25 | I was n't even sure it was Eric . |
| 26 | ‘ And you are sure it was Marius Steen himself who spoke to you ? ’ |
| 27 | She pretended ( Caro was sure it was pretence ) to be particularly worried about the two poor fatherless children , and always asked after them . |
| 28 | I raised a hand in farewell and went back to the dining room where the real mystery had easily usurped Zak 's , though some were sure it was part of the plot . |
| 29 | Was I sure it was Scamp ? |
| 30 | ‘ Are they sure it was shrapnel ? ’ she asked Maureen who looked surprised . |