Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He clarifies the difference by comparing the humanistic pastoral counsellor 's attitude to suffering as ‘ something to be relieved ’ , with the spiritual director 's ‘ which might at least suggest the counterclaim that it was rather something to be interpreted and creatively redeemed ’ . |
| 2 | It was nevertheless something of a relief to find Fordham notably unmoved by such distant calls to glory . |
| 3 | It was n't me at all . |
| 4 | Charlie told me it was n't nothing for them to get through twenty nicker poking about in the shops . |
| 5 | ‘ It was n't him at the time , ’ says Rigby . |
| 6 | ‘ It was n't anyone from here , I can assure you of that . |
| 7 | It was n't you at all . |
| 8 | ‘ It was n't anything at all . |
| 9 | People tell me it was n't anything like that sort of time . |
| 10 | I 've made this sound like an argument but it was n't anything like that . |
| 11 | It was n't anything like workers control as we had expected . |
| 12 | if you were well to do , you , you went I mean the the grammar schools , in the grammar school like your dad went to I mean it was , it was a really , you know it was a grammar school , it was n't anything like it is now . |
| 13 | Although Darwin had guessed that the Galapagos birds originated from there , because the Galapagos were so young , it was not something of which he could be certain . |
| 14 | In a recent article in a Dutch newspaper ( NRC Handelsblad 25.3.92 ) , Keune was quoted as saying that the paint was ‘ an industrial product with good properties for objects which have to endure a lot of wear and tear , but that it was not something to be used in restorations . |
| 15 | Although Salvarsan was a considerable advance on previous treatments , it was not itself without risks and side-effects , and it was considered important to ensure that the ‘ C/T ’ ratio was ‘ propitious ’ . |
| 16 | It was also something of a reassurance to conservative waverers frightened of political radicalism ; the Council was committed to evangelization of the Christian gospel . |
| 17 | It was just me at home on the blower , learning about all the various bits of it ; I knew about press and radio , but you have to learn about manufacturing and distribution . |
| 18 | ‘ It was just something on my mind . ’ |
| 19 | And then y when you came into the stockyard with a Caw , Caw , li like a a crow saying it was just something like a crow 's nest . |
| 20 | It was just something in my eye . ’ |
| 21 | It was just something in his eyes when he smiled and his voice when he talked to a woman . |
| 22 | It was actually something of a momentous decision — and one which it seemed thirty years later was never to be repeated . |
| 23 | And it was precisely what in normal circumstances Lisa would have done . |
| 24 | Despite its new coat of paint it was still something of a relic , something of an enigma , resembling , in its apparently purposeless massiveness , some strange arrangement of stones on the site of a vanished civilization . |
| 25 | Murder : he remembered the first chilling thrill of the word in the school playground , when it was still something to be excited about and before he knew who the victim was , or the chief suspect . |
| 26 | Already prone in his diaries to use the superlative it was indeed somewhat of a problem in trying to entice people to see the beauties of the Lake District , not to use repeatedly such expressions as ‘ the grandest view of all ’ , ‘ one of the finest assemblages in England ’ , over and over again . |
| 27 | Someone claimed to have heard him on the radio from Darwin — but it was always someone at a third hand remove ; someone who had heard it from someone who had heard it from someone . |
| 28 | But , she told herself quickly , it was really none of Alexander 's business . |
| 29 | It was never anything but a sporting contest , yet four players were booked — Muldoon and McGuinness of Bangor along with Linfield 's Johnstone and McCoosh . |
| 30 | But it was only something for Dad . ’ |