Example sentences of "[verb] it was [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | say it was any thing to bother about |
| 2 | If she stood firm , there was nothing he could do , she told herself — though whether she believed it was another matter . |
| 3 | A new name soon to be engraved in the swindon town hall of fame is centre-half Adrian Whitbread … a five hundred thousand pound signing from Orient Adrian was on the County Ground pitch for the first time today to line-up with his new team mates for the annual pre season picture … and as you 'd expect it was all smiles |
| 4 | Mr Sullivan says it was this incident that prompted him to stage the break in . |
| 5 | I imagine it was all part of the same reaction . |
| 6 | He ha scored ten in thirty minutes before he was hit on the temple of his helmet by a ball from Marshall that lifted sharply ; with his vision blurred it was several days before he left hospital , and he did not play again all season . |
| 7 | He also followed up a rumour that another ME I 10 had crash-landed north of Glasgow the same night , although he did not get to the bottom of it , and assumed it was more evidence of the Scottish Saturday Night . |
| 8 | All was well at first , but when she calved it was another story . |
| 9 | At the end of my talk the chairman of the session , John G. Taylor from Kings College , London , claimed it was all nonsense . |
| 10 | ‘ Was there someone else around you would rather she had married ? ’ he asked bluntly , deciding it was that sort of conversation . |
| 11 | Police suspect it was some form of protest . |
| 12 | Fringe , flat out at racing pace , had a wildness about him I could n't really control and I guessed it was that quality which won him races . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll bet it was that woman who went to see the house after us yesterday . |
| 14 | He 'd raised his arms in a gesture of possession , and , even though she 'd known it was all part of a beautifully sculpted drama , Shannon had felt a thrill deep inside , as though she too were part of the kingdom the Viking had taken for his own . |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose it was that meeting . |
| 16 | They reckon it was all Quigley 's fault . |
| 17 | The intensification of the war increased when on 10 June 1940 , Mussolini , making one of his last balcony performances , declared war , so that my newly-projected book on Italy seemed of immediate relevance , though whether I should complete it was another matter . |
| 18 | The students felt it was another infringement of their already limited freedom and disliked the highhanded manner in which it was carried out . |
| 19 | He felt it was this type of blanket discrimination against West Belfast which the legislation fails to address and any serious attempt to end discrimination must contain positive discrimination and quotas . |
| 20 | ‘ I bet it was that gang from Elgin Avenue . ’ |
| 21 | Dot knew it was all dreams . |
| 22 | The triumph came as a surprise to many fans … but Ron Pickering knew it was another step to even greater glory . |
| 23 | No , I , I knew it was some time but I just I remembered Louise 's birthday because Louise 's birthday was the Friday the thirteenth |
| 24 | I said I thought it was that way but , you know , agreed with them . |
| 25 | I thought it was that wife . |
| 26 | At first Grainne thought it was that power was stealing over them , and then she thought that it was not power but strength , only that did not seem quite right either . |
| 27 | Some clearly thought it was all part of the night 's entertainment . |
| 28 | They thought it was all part of his evident ‘ foolishness ’ . |
| 29 | We all thought it was all part of number one . |
| 30 | I thought it was another boy ! |