Example sentences of "[adv] it was [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When next I saw the young couple together it was winter . |
2 | Suddenly it was Bucks under pressure , with Rick Charlesworth performing a series of rescue acts . |
3 | And then suddenly it was midnight , a clock delicately chiming outside in the hall , and she was getting up , with him protesting — really quite fervently protesting . |
4 | With all that activity accomplished , suddenly it was time to order the Christmas tree again , and another cycle was complete . |
5 | Apparently it was Miles ' fishing that got them up so early . |
6 | Apparently it was Gibson Strings that pioneered such innovations as the ‘ double lock twist ball ’ and the use of alloys . |
7 | Is it A , Sid Vicious , B , Johnny Rotten , or C er Malcolm Maclaren , and apparently it was Johnny Rotten . |
8 | So so you 're saying that basically it was outsiders who erm |
9 | Once they must have been dead level , but not for long It was Student Cross that had really swept him out of her reach . |
10 | So naturally it was Tess who should represent her family at the d'Urberville home . |
11 | To have a woman was different , her juices mixed with his and later the recollection gave him zest ; but alone it was cowards ' sport . |
12 | getting a bit half two , I took him up at twenty to by the time I came down it was quarter to three , he was really rubbing his eyes |
13 | Sure enough no sooner had he settled down it was Judy 's time to break into song . |
14 | Perhaps it was despair that made me believe there was one person in the world who might know that I was in despair . |
15 | Perhaps it was rats . |
16 | Perhaps it was institutions like the dowry system which made the East African Asian Patels status conscious , or maybe they used the dowry with such enthusiasm because they had become so preoccupied with status as a result of their role in East Africa . |
17 | Perhaps it was shock that made her senses drag in this lethargic way . |
18 | Perhaps it was panic setting in . |
19 | Perhaps it was tiredness . |
20 | Or perhaps it was kind of Alan . |
21 | Perhaps it was self-interest . |
22 | Perhaps it was F W Winterbotham 's languid County and Oxford bearing that seduced these ruffians . |
23 | Perhaps it was life . |
24 | Perhaps it was part of a plan to hurt her , to punish her , for her unhappy suspicions about him . |
25 | Or perhaps it was Lord Rawlinson , the Lord Chancellor manque and former Attorney General ? |
26 | Perhaps it was Nassim 's mention of the baby that sparked me off , however subconsciously . |
27 | Perhaps it was William . |
28 | It dawned on me last season , as we took a first-minute lead over Carlton Town West Saxons , that perhaps it was Fate that plucked pink , 544 , from the hat . |
29 | Perhaps it was newspaper speculation that the ‘ courting couple ’ were about to get married that convinced Jason it was time to turn the tide in favour of something nearer the truth and gently let everyone into their secret that it was just one big publicity stunt which , once started , was easier to carry on with than deny , and far more profitable in any event . |
30 | Perhaps it was Lanyon 's horror that made me feel like that . |