Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | stew you know like it is a beef ah , but it were n't mince meat , but it were n't stew . |
| 2 | No Sat you used to work Fridays and I used to go out , no it were n't Saturday night |
| 3 | In Tuberville v Savage , the accused laid his hand on his sword and said : " If it were not assize time , I would not take such language . " |
| 4 | It was nevertheless US equipment that was most in the news , after the struggle in Congress to carry through the sale of F-15 Eagles to Saudi Arabia in the face of resolute opposition from Israel and its supporters in the American legislature . |
| 5 | After all , it was nearly lunch time . |
| 6 | We ran out of water and some other friends ran out of water and we had to help each other and we were getting stuck in the sand and the heat was very high because it was in August and it was around noon time , so erm some people actually turned back erm they could n't continue , unfortunately ; they are friends of ours . |
| 7 | She used to give them Pedigree Chum too , but it was mostly cat food . |
| 8 | It was mostly Crown land , divided into ‘ Rayles ’ ( enclosed areas for herding deer ) . |
| 9 | It was n't prawn cocktail . |
| 10 | It was n't brandy bravado that spoke . |
| 11 | I think can I just say one thing we did actually h it was n't community industry erm the people that did it I do n't know |
| 12 | The fact that nobody wrote and said that he was brilliant and was a genius convinced him that it was n't Robert Bolt who was at fault or the director Noel Willman , but himself as an actor . |
| 13 | Well , so , no it was n't Saturday night then . |
| 14 | " No lass , you 're wrong , it was n't class hatred , it was class love . " |
| 15 | But yesterday Labour candidate Alan Milburn said : ‘ It was n't Darlington Council who imposed the poll tax on the town or who kept it for a year longer than necessary . |
| 16 | It was n't Lloyds fault , it was just that they were complying with the original P E P regulations about reporting and , and er so on , so they had to charge more . |
| 17 | She was taken to a small Gestapo prison near the Bastille , and thanked her lucky stars it was n't Gestapo HQ on the Avenue Foch . |
| 18 | It was n't rain forest , but neither was it an English oak wood . |
| 19 | It was n't catwalk modelling , it was a private showing ; all she had to do was stroll through the small showroom , mount a carpeted platform faced with mirrors , look elegant and disinterested while the sheikh 's wives made their selections . |
| 20 | Two packets of Cuppa Soup , but I 'm not sure that it was n't Cuppa Soup , cos I 've said to Thomas , I 'm not at the moment . |
| 21 | No it was n't Stock Exchange ! |
| 22 | It was not girl trouble , the others said . |
| 23 | It was not Sussex backwardness alone that brought trouble but the collapse of the artificial prosperity across England when the wars ended in 1815 and were followed by a series of disastrous harvests . |
| 24 | It was not fairy gold that had fallen into their open laps : the first Mrs Headleand , it was true , had conveniently died , but Charles and Liz thereafter had worked for their position . |
| 25 | It was I remember reading in the paper that it 's been it 's been filmed at a house which no one 's ever been allowed to go in even the great sort of one of these country mansions , it was not Bradley Hall |
| 26 | If it was not Bradley Hall , it ca n't be Bradley Hall again , they 're always going in there ! |
| 27 | Our manager replied that it was not company policy to divulge personal details of employees ( mad joggers or not ! ) and that if she wanted to take it further , she should write in . |
| 28 | Mr Schabort said : ‘ At first they seemed quite eager but then I received a letter saying it was not council policy to meet with South African officials . |
| 29 | It was held that it was not copra cake at all but a substance quite different to that contracted for and , because of this , the sellers could not rely on an exclusion clause purporting to exempt them from liability . |
| 30 | ‘ The opinion was also expressed that it was not party policy to come out and support candidates during local elections . |