Example sentences of "it was christmas " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly sponsors appeared from everywhere , the sport thought it was Christmas and expanded out of control . |
| 2 | It was Christmas time , and we used to give them oranges and sweets . |
| 3 | I wish it was Christmas all the time . |
| 4 | Then it was Christmas Eve 1914 , and from ‘ Wypers ’ to the Masurian Lakes a strange event occurred . |
| 5 | It was Christmas 1781 when news filtered through that they were celebrating at the Red Lion at Bishopsgate ( an inn later to be made famous by Dickens 's Old Curiosity Shop ) . |
| 6 | Not a great place to spend five or six hours if an early start is required , but it was Christmas and we were in celebratory mood . |
| 7 | Since it was Christmas , it was worthwhile , but otherwise it would have been too cold . |
| 8 | It was Christmas Eve and Agnes had wondered over the last few days if she had heard aright on the night she had gone to the closet , because the next morning her father had come blithely into the kitchen and said , ‘ Your mother is having a lie-in this morning ; take her a cup of tea along and a bit of toast . |
| 9 | Some men protested , saying it was Christmas , others refused point blank to return to the trenches . |
| 10 | And then the church bells began to ring , and she woke up to find it was Christmas morning . |
| 11 | It was Christmas Eve , dusk was falling fast and we were hopelessly lost in the wilderness . |
| 12 | IF you ever lost track of time you would know it was Christmas from the barrage of sickly singles pumped out to cash in on the season of goodwill . |
| 13 | THE shadowy men of the SAS made no secret of the fact it was Christmas party time — neighbours could hear the noise a mile away . |
| 14 | It was Christmas week ( whether this time of the year had any significance or not can not be explained ) and Mr Hayden was in the staff mess room writing up the log book . |
| 15 | But it no longer did , perhaps because it was Christmas morning , and time for something miraculous to appear and change the world . |
| 16 | People clung to our arms as we walked out and an Officer emptied Pernod over Gibeau 's tunic , telling him that it was Christmas and that we had a right to enjoy ourselves . |
| 17 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |
| 18 | It was Christmas . |
| 19 | There she 'd found him alone — pretending to have forgotten it was Christmas — all the rest of the family having tactfully cried off . |
| 20 | It was Christmas Eve — our third in captivity . |
| 21 | He would n't know if it was Christmas or Easter . ’ |
| 22 | Yet it was Christmas , when you went outside |
| 23 | But it was Christmas . |
| 24 | It was Christmas morning and she was apologetic . |
| 25 | Would it not have been kinder had she pretended to be glad — since it was Christmas time , after all — when Odette had come rushing to show her that letter from her father ? |
| 26 | It was Christmas Eve , and there were fourteen of us in the house . |
| 27 | But anyway I remember one time and it er I think it was Christmas time , and there was a German they brought Germans in just same as us you know Fritz . |
| 28 | It was Christmas Eve and , during the interval in Coriolanus that night , he put the bird in the oven , expecting it to take fourteen hours to cook . |
| 29 | It was Christmas Eve , therefore Santa Claus and his helpers were all very busy . |
| 30 | As it was Christmas Eve , he hung up his red stocking on his chair and left out a letter , addressed to Santa , asking him for the thing he wanted most in the world , a red nose . |