Example sentences of "it [was/were] such a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's my last weekend but it was such a scramble ! |
| 2 | When Rebecca Kraemer remarked , as the last murmurs of the slow movement died away , that it was such a pity the conductor was still following the now-discredited Haas edition , she was telling everyone within earshot — which included half the audience — everything that Alison could have wanted them to know but naturally would n't have dreamt of mentioning herself . |
| 3 | It was such a pity you did n't contact us immediately you got back and found her gone . |
| 4 | And it was , honestly , it was such a mess and Angie and I were like , oh this is n't our room . |
| 5 | ‘ It was such a shock to me , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ It was such a shock when I realised what Dora was suggesting . |
| 7 | It was such a shock to feel his animosity directed so unwaveringly towards her ; even though , after last night , she could have been prepared for something , she could only gape down at him . |
| 8 | And it , well it was her that he was married to but i he was he could n't get over it , it was such a shock to him ! |
| 9 | It was such a discussion that had first brought Isobel and Anna together . |
| 10 | It was such a surprise to see him on the beach like this . ’ |
| 11 | anyway she says I 've set my mind on it , and she said I kept going round and going round she says it was such a price |
| 12 | It was such a bummer 'cos when I was 13 I thought ‘ War ’ was a great album ! |
| 13 | It was such a success that she decided to concentrate on fairs rather than open a shop . |
| 14 | ‘ The reason why it was such a success was because of the sunshine , the innocence , and opportunities people had , ’ says original cast member Kylie Minogue . |
| 15 | It was such a struggle , carrying on sometimes . |
| 16 | It was such a tonic to see her . |
| 17 | It was such a relief to know that I was n't the only one ! |
| 18 | He found himself struggling on his back with the stifling presence of the flag wrapped round him like a shroud ; the strange thing was that as he weakly continued to struggle ( for the staff lay across his legs , pinning him down , and the lanyards had somehow trussed his elbows to his sides ) , he recognized the sensation immediately : this was a nightmare he had had on the night they had taken refuge in the Residency , and repeatedly since then throughout the siege ; when the Collector , cursing , had at last fought his way out of the flag , it was such a relief to escape from his nightmare that he felt he did not mind so much about the sepoys . |
| 19 | It was such a relief to share my secret worries with her . |
| 20 | Abu Salim was a pain , which is why it was such a relief to take the mickey out of him . |
| 21 | Greg offered to see Margaret Seymour-Strachey home , but she said she was much better now , and it was such a relief to get things off her chest like that . |
| 22 | I could not believe I was not the only one and it was such a relief . |
| 23 | We thought it was so smashing — it sticks in my mind because it was such a treat . |
| 24 | It was such a laugh , so many theatricals all diving into the buffet . |
| 25 | On the , on the he was on the and it was such a laugh it really was , good laugh . |
| 26 | It was an odd thing to say ( it would n't matter if the film was brilliant — it would still probably provoke mirth among non-believers ) , but then it was also an odd thing to see in a film which was presumably trying to revamp the alien invasion genre for a new age , because it was such a throwback to the cinematic aliens of the last few years . |
| 27 | It was such a pleasure now to wake each morning in the knowledge that she was near to her friends , and had no need to make a journey , in all weathers , to the school . |
| 28 | It was such a pleasure to have you share in our National Conference at Dunblane at the weekend . |
| 29 | It was such a pleasure meeting you and your class filming this week . |
| 30 | She had just spent a weekend at home in Belfast dutifully admiring the latest Hennessy grandchild and enduring countless little digs about good Catholic girls and settling down to raise a family instead of racketing about the world enjoying herself — as if it was such a sin to enjoy life , for God 's sake , she thought angrily , and anyway six years as Sister in the accident and emergency department of the Audley Memorial in Suffolk hardly constituted racketing ! |