Example sentences of "[vb base] it [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , more recent sightings by Archbishop Trench in the sixteenth century suggest it was a beast in its own right : |
| 2 | I do n't know how he got out , I mean our road is so difficult anyway , of course there wa , that night there were two , yeah two when them , he had to get out in the morning , but er , I mean he did it , but I expect it was a struggle |
| 3 | When I say it was a Government decision I 'm not speaking politically because whoever had 've won the last election whether it be Liberal Democrats Labour or Conservative all three parties were committed to reorganizing local government . |
| 4 | If I say it was wonderfully exciting , you will wonder when I am going to do it again , and if I say it was a mistake , which it was , you are going to ask me under what circumstances it might not have been a mistake . ’ |
| 5 | He accompanied this with a rude gesture — some say it was a noise , others that he stuck out his tongue , or even that he made a sign with his forearm . |
| 6 | In all honesty I think they are exactly the same as newpaper reports in that if a team wins 3–0 or 4–0 they automatically say it was a trouncing , and then dredge up ‘ facts ’ to evidence their overall assumption . |
| 7 | But as , as I say it was a job at that time and and in fact I 'd never , this was the only factory I had n't fancied , working in was the B M K , and yet I like it the best . |
| 8 | I know this district better than you ever will , and I say it was a neighbourhood crime . |
| 9 | So if you 're saying if say it was a railway where the gradients are very not very steep at all . |
| 10 | And you say it was a disappointment ! ’ |
| 11 | I acknowledge it was a mistake . |
| 12 | My thoughts the leaf stem should never have been there in the first place it was a waste of money . |
| 13 | shame it was a repeat , there not doing any more with him |
| 14 | When he got there , he pulled an enormous bell-mouthed gun — I imagine it was a blunder-buss — from his belt and levelled it at the monster . |
| 15 | I should get her the ballet shoes cause it was a ballet dancing that would be very appropriate and I 'll get her some flowers . |
| 16 | Then they awoke , and behold it was a dream . |
| 17 | mistake is obvious like one estate I 'm dealing with which is a half home-made will I E it was n't made by a solicitor , I suspect it was made by a barrister I suspect it was a barrister who was born abroad |
| 18 | Like it was a secret . |
| 19 | I 'd forgotten Josie saying it was er you know it was a wardrobe . |
| 20 | I know it was a lie , but at six years old I felt that a close relative should be the one to tell him in a quiet way . |
| 21 | ‘ I know it was a shock for the club but I would n't have gone if it meant leaving them in the lurch . |
| 22 | ‘ I know it was a shock for the club but I would n't have gone if it meant leaving them in the lurch . |
| 23 | They know it was a man . |
| 24 | They know it was a man . |
| 25 | I know it was a decision taken by Playback and that you |
| 26 | I know it was a cheque . |
| 27 | I already hate myself for having taken the job , I know it was a mistake . |
| 28 | I know it was a while ago . |
| 29 | and she do , she said she decided that , you know it was a bit , well I never change me post office , said I 've had it for all these years but she said it was a lovely bungalow and she says er what |
| 30 | But I know it was a bit hot ! |