Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] a case " in BNC.
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| 1 | So mm it were just a case of a flying visit cos we 've not seen you for nearly twelve months . |
| 2 | Indeed , throughout the 1960s successive governments were struggling to balance the books and it was rather a case of some years being less bad than others . |
| 3 | It was clearly a case of arson , but the motive was puzzling at first . |
| 4 | The contracting industry of the 1950s had not nurtured new talent or new ideas , as happened in the 1930s and 1940s , so that , apart from the Free Cinema directors , it was mostly a case of the same old people trying to make films . |
| 5 | ‘ That was not a simple case of a husband obtaining a document from his wife ; it was also a case where the document had been obtained by a trustee from his cestui que trust by means of pressure and the concealment of material facts … |
| 6 | Broad , Gower and Lamb fell in quick succession and then it was just a case of mopping up . |
| 7 | For most English people it was just a case of sighing with relief that it was all over . |
| 8 | It was just a case that being in a band would be much more enjoyable without him . |
| 9 | Thereafter it was just a case of hard riding the thirty miles through green Lothian , by Hailes and Haddington and Musselburgh , for Edinburgh , which he reached before nightfall . |
| 10 | I knew she had to come to me each time , it was just a case of sticking it out . |
| 11 | The farmer and his neighbours were all friends so it was just a case of asking them to keep an eye on their moggies , and spying on a few of the plumper-looking ones — successful hunters , we assumed . |
| 12 | Eventually we all agreed we wanted this fierce bark that was both harsh and metallic , after which it was just a case of refining it down until we settled on the precise tone we ended up using . |
| 13 | ‘ It was just a case of finding who they were . ’ |
| 14 | and it was just a case of erm pot luck , I would sort of brought it out and looked at it and , er no it was n't cooked , it was cooked on the edges so I turned it over and turned it round and put it back in again . |
| 15 | But erm we went into half time , and we were very pleased with the way things had gone , and it was just a case of trying to keep it going erm we stopped them from playing erm and then we came off the second half and everything just seemed to go wrong for us . |
| 16 | so when I got there it was just a case of clearing up . |
| 17 | ‘ We would have caught him eventually but this time it was thankfully a case of sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 18 | For some , it was simply a case of combining the orthodox grammar-school curriculum with the much less precise curriculum of the secondary modern school , and hoping for the best . |
| 19 | At first there was no grand plan , it was simply a case of choosing who was around or who had been recommended by her new friends from Vogue . |
| 20 | But it was simply a case of ‘ this is what I 've got , I like it and I 'm not going to get rid of it ’ . ’ |
| 21 | It was simply a case of going , going and then gone for the Information Technology manager as Wimpey Hobbs ’ Alice Richards — a trained first aider — got to work with the razor . |
| 22 | It was simply a case of striking a better balance between work and play , and taking more of an interest in the social side of life . |
| 23 | In passing sentence US District Judge Norman P. Ramsey told Clines that his " was not a case of misplaced patriotism ; it was purely a case of greed " . |
| 24 | It was often a case of deal and be damned . |
| 25 | Twelve weeks later , the fourth wall was similarly treated , and it was then a case of waiting until the following spring , to see if any further scale build-up and weed growth would occur . |
| 26 | It was then a case of forget plan B , C and D. Try X. |
| 27 | Because of this , if it involved binding , it was more a case of binding the man rather than the woman . |
| 28 | That remains his only fall , and it was more a case of a slip one stride after landing than a regulation fall . |
| 29 | Certainly trade union responsibility was the key factor in the equation of obligations in the News International ban , although it was more a case of loyalty to trade unionism , and loyalty to fellow trade unionists . |
| 30 | There was , it is understood , no lack of enthusiasm among these leading lights ; it was more a case of ‘ ask me some other time ’ . |