Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] a pity " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it was a pity that Greg Lewin was interviewed by somebody only knowledgeable about corncrakes ; it would have been interesting to know whether Greg has done anything about the diabolical fingering needed on the ancient form of the racket . |
| 2 | Yet it was a pity , for she was not stupid , and could be friendly and generous . |
| 3 | In 1973 the Ladies ' Committee concerned itself with this seat reporting ‘ It was a pity to leave it in the wet even if only there for the time being ’ . |
| 4 | It was a pity , really . |
| 5 | It was a pity , in a way . |
| 6 | It was a pity that there was not time to come to Toronto . |
| 7 | It was a pity , in a way ; they could do with a kinder mistress in the house . |
| 8 | People were using the bottle and litter banks and it was a pity they were often left in need of emptying . |
| 9 | It was a pity about the bed — he thought now more of the work to change it , messy sheets , than that he might have died , choked on his spew . |
| 10 | It was a pity , she thought , that her mind was on Shine On 's big test tomorrow afternoon . |
| 11 | It was a pity poor little Hilary had n't inherited more of his mother . |
| 12 | It was a pity that he was not left with his aircraft , as he was put on standby as soon as we arrived at Takali , and killed on his first operation in Malta … ’ |
| 13 | It was a pity that none of the Scandinavian allies were willing to co-operate with the scheme . |
| 14 | It was a pity too about his accident as if he had n't had enough bad luck . ’ |
| 15 | It was a pity she was an only child ; the fault of the riding accident , of course . |
| 16 | Flora said , ‘ It was a pity you did n't take that job . ’ |
| 17 | As she blacked out , she thought it was a pity she had n't gotten round to finishing the Christmas decorations . |
| 18 | It was a pity he did n't get the opportunity to do the same against France in the final . |
| 19 | Before papa died she had been a child , spoiled and cosseted and it was a pity she had not grown up a bit more quickly . |
| 20 | It was a pity , she said . |
| 21 | And he agreed that it was a pity . |
| 22 | ‘ When I said it was a pity Connie died , you said something about it upsetting Muldoon and Cabrillo at first . |
| 23 | It was a pity that such a disagreeable man had to be thanked for this . |
| 24 | It was a pity in a way , but he 's learnt a lot in the last two years , and now feels ready to try his hand at professional photography in London . |
| 25 | It was a pity that Matthew was not made of the same admirable stuff . |
| 26 | It was a pity , that ; he would have liked to have heard her groan again , perhaps even to cry out as she had that night when The Man had played his games with her . |
| 27 | It was a pity that it would be blown to atoms long before it got there . |
| 28 | She was the last person living to speak the language of the native islanders , so it was a pity that she could no longer use her tongue , except now and then to rasp out a harsh fragment of a song . |
| 29 | It was a pity : if she could only get good and fighting drunk , or even paralytic , it would ease a lot of her tensions . |
| 30 | Fenella thought that it was a pity that Caspar was so scared of the giants , because he knew so much about Tara that he might have been of considerable help . |