Example sentences of "[pron] it [was/were] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If his car is good , which it was three times in the last two seasons at Benetton , he will win . |
| 2 | Now three minutes I told you it was three minutes did n't I ? |
| 3 | Did n't I tell you it was three minutes ? |
| 4 | Despite everything it was one hell of a shock . |
| 5 | And we it was fourth year when we done it and we 'd never been shown anything like that and it was interesting because it 's the sort of fact that you you never really think about |
| 6 | But if there was one thing the past weeks had taught her it was that work was an antidote to worry . |
| 7 | I decided to take the vodka up to Dosh and tell her it was white wine . |
| 8 | They it was all piece work , there . |
| 9 | And er they were still whistling and calling , so I went up on to the top of the bank and they it was this plantation that fell down in the warren and caught fire . |
| 10 | ‘ When , in answer to his assumption that there was to be an early wedding , I asked what was going round the grapevine now , he told me it was pure speculation on his part , stemming from the fact that you 'd just handed in your resignation . ’ |
| 11 | As he has written , ‘ I steeled myself to drive that fast lap in 1975 although my brain kept telling me it was sheer stupidity . |
| 12 | Oh it was cutting , definitely cutting it down yes , and I er remember in the first place before erm all this automation was brought in , they used to do the casting er a man and his son used to do all the casting and believe me it was hard work , er the real old way you know er with the fires and that and everything like that and heating the things up in a bellows . |
| 13 | Before me it was common ground that the assignments were not statutory assignments in conformity with section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925 , but that they were effective as equitable assignments . |
| 14 | She had been spitting blood after a bad bout of coughing , but one look at the sputum told me it was clean blood . |
| 15 | But erm I real I really enjoyed it and er to me it was interesting work and I do n't know that I can tell you much more about the locks . |
| 16 | But er but he said it 's , while it it was classic thing . |
| 17 | Of course erm it 's perhaps , perhaps it 's looking slightly to the er historical future it it 's er it it was bad news in one sense because erm there came to be a view taken in Europe that wars between the great powers would be short , sharp wars . |
| 18 | And , whatever it was that drahá meant , she liked that too . |
| 19 | It has been estimated that the cratering rate today ( see section 8.1 ) is about 3 times what it was 850 Ma ago , and Figure 6.9 is brought up to today on this basis . |
| 20 | This month 's increase in the numbers unemployed for a year or more is certainly extremely unwelcome , but the long-term unemployment level is about half what it was five years ago and long-term unemployment among 18 to 24-year-olds is also half that level . |
| 21 | That is nearly double what it was four years ago . |
| 22 | The cover charge for the bar , which is owned by the Europejski Hotel across the street , is forty thousand zlotys , a little more than two pounds , double what it was six months ago . |
| 23 | It is now up a quarter on what it was 10 years ago , investments are up a third , productivity is up by a half and exports are up by three quarters . |
| 24 | In 1991 , the figure for England and Wales was less than a third of what it was 10 years ago . |
| 25 | ‘ Honestly , I 'm as fit now as I was during the World Cup and my weight is down to what it was two years ago . |
| 26 | my personal view was that we , we should have some form of , two things , one is communicating the realities of the situation , it 's a fairly new market , there was a lot of competitors in the market , coming into the market , there was a lot of confusion in the market there was a lot of confusion in the market as to exactly what it was that customer could buy , there was also a lot of confusion of as to , cos there are different types of customer , and over sixty five , there are about seven different categories , there was a need for someone and I believe it should therefore have been the market leader at that time to if you want to establish principals , establish what they , this was in the market and establish what the elderly would be , would , should look for when purchasing a retirement apartment . |
| 27 | It is important to grasp what it was that peace activists thought they were trying to prevent . |
| 28 | For it turned out that Pound 's poetry — The Cantos certainly but much of the earlier work also — could be understood and enjoyed only by those who had attended to Pound s criticism enough to grasp what it was that Pound was trying to do , or conceived himself to be doing , in his poetry . |
| 29 | Unemployment is still only just half of what it was seven years ago . |
| 30 | Heidrick and Struggles in London is an entirely different organisation from what it was 20 years ago . |