Example sentences of "[was/were] it [be] a [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 We went there , we took it with us , all this load , And what it was it was a forces couple and they were coming back to this country from Germany or somewhere like that , so we had n't seen them .
2 Cos , she had mind you , I was it was a weekday and there was loads of lorries on
3 It was it was a work of art to make one you know , it was n't easy .
4 and , what happened was it was a hell of a stink in dock , because there was all different workers for different jobs , it was one for fitting car seats , you had one for fitting glass , you had one for doing engine , one for fitting the gear box , one fitting wheels on , so you had ten blokes just doing one job on a car
5 Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and .
6 Yes , but then again , it was it was an incident .
7 This was what a boost to when we won that thing at to the stewards and the members , it really was it was an uplift .
8 It was n't a a technical statement at all it was it was an opinion from an inspector .
  Next page