Example sentences of "and it was [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That what it means , and it was fifty days se se se seven weeks , after the death and resurrection of Jesus and the disciples had been told to wait in an upper room until the Holy Spirit would descend upon them , and you 've had that record read to you from acts chapter two of just what took place on that day , that birth day of the church of Jesus Christ . |
| 2 | or though you could just like , if you got something for say ten ninety nine and it was fifteen pounds and you got something else as well |
| 3 | ‘ Anything she had , I had too , and it was thirteen years younger , and readily available to my husband as , when , and how he liked to use it . |
| 4 | But when I rung to take it , for them to take it back they had a special offer on and it was twelve weeks for forty pu , pa , you know , were doing it cheap |
| 5 | And a house further along in Abbey View there cos i and it was four houses actually in the |
| 6 | And it was four pounds . |
| 7 | Even though his wife Primaflora was there and it was four weeks since he had touched her . |
| 8 | and it was stupid things like |
| 9 | Annie Templeman had been at the black and white ball for five minutes , and it was five minutes too long . |
| 10 | About 12 years ago I was there for four months , and it was 16 weeks too long . |
| 11 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 12 | ‘ And it was six years for both of us , but you 'll understand if I ca n't sympathise with your waiting when it was all unknowing — ignorance being bliss — whereas I 've known precisely what it was that troubled me through all those six years . ’ |
| 13 | And William in there with fists flailing and Preston inevitably drawn in , too , as the fight spread until they were hauled off to the headmaster 's study for retribution ; he was a caning head and it was two strokes on each hand for a fight in the playground , four for the classroom . |
| 14 | any way I got to the last one and it was two combinations combined together , so you 've got two separate combinations to do and then you 're to put those two together in with a different rule |
| 15 | None of his friends admitted knowing him and it was two weeks before his mother knew of his death . |
| 16 | Ironically , while Jack was with the latter , he had a fabulous season as a goalscoring wing-half and it was two goals he scored against the Palace in early April 1952 which equalled the former record of 14 goals by a half-back established by Arthur Grimsdell . |
| 17 | I came through and it was blue lights from wall to wall … |
| 18 | The following day saw a remarkable change in the weather , the wind had dropped considerably , blue skies , and sunshine reigned supreme and it was all systems go for a cracking airshow . |
| 19 | And it was all thanks to Charlie . |
| 20 | And it was all thanks to a mugging . |
| 21 | But his headache was worse and it was seven minutes past twelve . |
| 22 | A nip here , a tuck there , and it was seven years ago . |
| 23 | The Prince became fascinated and vanished from sight into the mountain bikes , and it was twenty-four minutes before anyone could extract him and move him on . |
| 24 | She thought one day she would look into it and it was 21 years later , with time on her hands , that she actually got round to it . |
| 25 | A woman posing as a social worker walked off with her and it was 15 days before Alex was found safe at a house in Burford , Oxon . |
| 26 | and it was ten pounds cheaper in the Co-op . |
| 27 | On my life , I ordered one of them for my friend 's daughter for her birthday and it was ten pounds that 's two ninety nine . |
| 28 | His agitation seemed an aspect of my fading dream , and it was several moments before I could take in what he was saying . |
| 29 | The house seemed to be an absolute maze of rooms , though , and it was several minutes before she finally opened a door that led into a surprisingly well-equipped kitchen . |
| 30 | And it was several minutes before her quick ears picked up , from somewhere well ahead of her , the snap of a broken branch under a trampling foot . |