Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Upon it were visible the prints of many different thoughts , and some conflict . |
| 2 | If it were consistent the government would have to view these variations too as evidence of inefficiency . |
| 3 | ‘ It were half a bottle of Evian , 12 grapes , a piece of cheese and a small tomato . |
| 4 | We stood there with nothing in our bags we went for my fruit and veg and er , sto there , met this couple who we know we had a right good talk to them about , it were half an hour were n't we ? |
| 5 | And if it was pre-theatre the diners would be all edgy and watching their watches . |
| 6 | It was certain the display would be repeated . |
| 7 | It was better the week before when they had erm Henry Cooper . |
| 8 | At that moment it had been appropriate to put big pickets you know I think if we thought too much about it we would have and taken it to the lodge and put it through the union it would have had cold water put over it and you know it was right for Tom to be wary and it was probably right for us to do what we did I mean I think you know it it was successful the way it turned out . |
| 9 | Babs Osborne said it was odd the way Stella was always around when tragedy struck . |
| 10 | By the time of local elections , it was apparent the SDP of ‘ claret and chips ’ mould-breaking fame at the time of the Limehouse Declaration in 1981 was disintegrating . |
| 11 | By the early Fifties , however , it was apparent the movie industry in Britain was beginning to run out of steam , losing ground to a younger , more immediate industry with which it just could not compete — Television . |
| 12 | The flat string of squares flickered slightly just sufficiently to show it was a projection , nothing real ; but although it was apparent the line of squares itself was merely an image , on its surface sat seemingly real and solid wooden chess pieces made from black and white wood , and set on that strange line like tiny isolated guard towers on a chequered frontier wall . |
| 13 | It was hopeless the way he charmed her . |
| 14 | It was terrible the things that used to happen . |
| 15 | I 'm usually quite clear-minded , but it was strange the way my unconscious set to work , pushing back my maternal goalposts and persuading me that another year or two would do my hoped-for child no harm . ’ |
| 16 | When he realised it was all a put-up job , he tore a strip off Julie . |
| 17 | She had so clearly implied that of course it was all a charade , but that Conchis must not know it was ; that she was in fancy-dress for him , not for me . |
| 18 | I thought for a moment that she had been re-reading " Das Kapital " in her spare time , but I suspect that it was all a charade . |
| 19 | ‘ If I go now I 'll meet the constable on the way and tell him it was all a misunderstanding . ’ |
| 20 | It was all a kind of madness , and Waugh did indeed go mad in the mid-1950s . |
| 21 | It was all a question of catching it at the right angle . |
| 22 | It was all a question of balance . |
| 23 | She says that it was all a question of remembering rules and methods . |
| 24 | Then it was all a lie . |
| 25 | ‘ You said — you made me believe — It was all a lie , was n't it ? |
| 26 | It was all a mixture . |
| 27 | I thought nothing of it ; it was all a part of the selection process and the more extreme it proved itself to be , the happier I felt , for I was enjoying the feeling of succeeding and managing while others failed . |
| 28 | It was all a part of his arrogant manner , but once more Robbie felt that unaccountable weakness invade her bones . |
| 29 | It was all a mistake of course . |
| 30 | I kept telling myself that it was all a mistake , some kind of ghastly mistake . |