Example sentences of "[conj] it [was/were] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That seemed pretty profound , till I found another cinema where it was all violence , sex-and-violence , and violence . |
| 2 | That took up an awful lot of time in my second year , although it was good fun . |
| 3 | Although it was early afternoon , the streets were empty , and Michael Lee was conscious that he was probably attracting much unwarranted attention . |
| 4 | They would hear the happy chatter of the people in the harvest field , because although it was hard work , it was happy work . |
| 5 | Although it was common gossip that Zoia 's private life was deeply and messily unhappy , and that alcohol was a frequent source of consolation , and of course the stories about Nicu 's debauchery and coarseness were unparalleled , Valentin 's public reputation ( which is to say , the cautious whispers between friends about him ) was positive . |
| 6 | ‘ She is tall and fair and fair-skinned , a nice green dress , good-looking I should say , although it was artificial light and I should think she looks very different in the day time … yes , I should think very different . |
| 7 | There was no sign of Carrie and although it was milking time the cows were still in the field . |
| 8 | I can not find that it was undue influence of the kind which sapped her will and destroyed her volition , but I am satisfied that the pressure of her mother , the very presence of her mother , the mother 's fervent belief in the sin of blood transfusion , the patient 's desire to please her mother , despite their troubled relationship , all of this contributed to the focus of attention being drawn to blood transfusion before anyone else had ever contemplated its need . |
| 9 | That it was mere opportunism may be denied . |
| 10 | We were gon na have , if both sides knew that it was mutual benefit , we would handle , say , furniture . |
| 11 | The following day the shepherd took the golden cask foot to a goldsmith , who confirmed that it was genuine gold and bought it immediately . |
| 12 | One possibility was that it was Roman material introduced when the drain walls had collapsed , for the drain had been cut through Roman deposits . |
| 13 | If they had realised when they answered the advertisement in the Evening Citizen that it was bare metal , they would have gone elsewhere . |
| 14 | And even if a structural , timber can be dated , there is always the possibility that it was stored for some time between being felled and being used , or even that it was re-used timber salvaged from an earlier building . |
| 15 | Labour Scottish affairs spokesman , Henry McLeish , who obtained the document , said it was clear that it was political will which would determine whether the Highlands and Islands are successful . |
| 16 | On this basis , Lynch and Bliss were to argue , rather as Kandel had done earlier for serotonin in Aplysia , that it was presynaptic plasticity that was important for the initiation of LTP , and the postsynaptic cell was simply doing what it had to as a result of the increase in the strength of the glutamate signal it was receiving . |
| 17 | He had been given so many things to digest , not the least that it was possible Celia might have a father still living . |
| 18 | Belle gave her sons the idea that it was capricious irresponsibility . |
| 19 | The legislation that came out as a result of that then was absolutely sure , you know that it was copper bottom insurances given given that er legislation would prevent accidents of that nature again . |
| 20 | The FMLN denied government claims that it was refusing to withdraw its forces to appointed territories , that it had under-reported its arms and troop inventories , or that it was encouraging land occupations and was planning to establish agrarian settlements in a disputed border area with Honduras . |
| 21 | Although I did the lights for Hamlet at school , I never understood the play , thinking at the time that it was much ado about very little . |
| 22 | He generated a lot of enthusiasm and was supported each day by his colleagues from the company who agreed that it was great fun and a huge success . |
| 23 | He said again that it was great being friends with them . |
| 24 | Wally had rung to say that it was black tie , and he 'd forgotten to tell Debbie . |
| 25 | But the scorecards overwhelmingly supported my assessment that it was one-sided tedium . |
| 26 | You mentioned er , earlier about yo , the fact that you were surprised that it was fifteen year olds , and that was quite young |
| 27 | You see it 's not what er anybody else would say that it was good weather . |
| 28 | He either did n't believe her , or was so unused to accepting answers unquestioningly that it was second nature for him to delve into the nitty-gritty . |
| 29 | When I set myself to search this site , my first little breakthrough came when I uncovered a bronze coin weight ; this was in very poor condition but I was able to make out that it was 17th century in date . |
| 30 | Corman brushed off accusations that it was total exploitation — which it was — of the California motorcycle gangs , full of disgusting gang bangs , orgies , sadism and drugs . |