Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 It was nearing the ninth hour , and Jesus , who had resisted sin throughout his life , now , because of his obedience , became sin itself — not by wilful act but by being made the crucible of the whole sum of human evil .
2 Endless cups of coffee helped a bit but what a relief it was to see the first pale streaks of dawn creeping across the sky .
3 It was dated the fifteenth of April nineteen ninety three .
4 The process of demystifying the monarchy , necessary if it was to survive the second half of the twentieth century , turned it instead into a grand soap-opera , in which some minor members of the family seemed only too happy to play a demeaning part , one of the more absurd examples occurring when several of the Queen 's children took part in the television party-game show It 's A Knockout !
5 It was agreed the next day that I was run down .
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