Example sentences of "[adj] [unc] [noun] it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early years of Henry IV 's reign it was primarily an official body executing his wishes . |
| 2 | And I had a catalogue the other day from a , an environmental erm agency it was n't Greenpeace it was something like that that were ac actually now offering these soap savers that we used to have in the war to press your bits of soap into Magazines were full of tips for saving fuel . |
| 3 | In the late l9th century it was apparently a normal party-piece to imitate a well-known literary figure , signing-off with the name of the victim ; this has caused some confusion today , where recordings ‘ signed off ’ by Sir Henry Irving and Oscar Wilde now have their authenticity questioned . |
| 4 | It was only it was only that erm you know erm when you said the sixty pen pence it was the one that was the only one that I seemed to get stuck on . |
| 5 | Customs revenue stood at c. £40,000 per annum in 1509 ; in the last years of Henry VIII 's reign it was still at that figure ; by 1550/51 it had fallen to £26,000 . |