Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It were one o'clock Monday I went to pick her up .
2 Benjamin and I followed quickly afterwards for it was apparent both riders were losing control .
3 It was all just part of an exercise for the emergency services .
4 She actually wished it was six tomorrow morning and the party was over .
5 It seemed necessary to argue ( that it was relevant both proponents and opponents seemed agreed ) that Phoebe of Romans 16 might indeed be accounted a ‘ deacon ’ and not simply a ‘ deaconess ’ .
6 And er , it was funny yesterday morning the birds in the village were singing just in the way they do in the spri , in the spring , you know , first light .
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