Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contract is back again , I done all this erm water pipe it were all gravel in there sunk into the ground you know big hole in the ground ! |
| 2 | ‘ But it was three-and-a-half years in development and nobody could foresee at the start what the economy would be like now . |
| 3 | It was pleasant walking in the October afternoon , though the going was rough . |
| 4 | By the third day Nigel realized it was boring staying in bed . |
| 5 | so it was better conditions in there . |
| 6 | If it was 3 lb of beef per head per day in 1990 , it was 4 lb in 1989 . |
| 7 | It was occasional raggedness in technique that let Cambridge down . |
| 8 | It was freezing cold in Edinburgh , and this was July ! |
| 9 | It was freezing cold in all the rooms . |
| 10 | It was 2,880 yards in length and 9 feet 3 inches wide . |
| 11 | It was strange being in the kitchen of the house they had shared . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought it was equal opportunities in action . ’ |
| 13 | Well , you keep playing do n't you , it 's a ninety minute game , and then , as we 've said erm I believe it was two goals in the last four minutes , was it ? |
| 14 | It was one element in the search , on occasion the scramble , for diversification . |
| 15 | It was one thing in the 1830s and the 1930s to provide luxuries for a minority , but it was quite a different thing to provide non-essential products at a competitive price for the whole population . |
| 16 | I only took the term up because it was general conversation in the police force . |
| 17 | But the really crucial point is that although the strong international position of UK services reflected comparative advantage , it was comparative advantage in a low productivity growth sector . |
| 18 | When I set myself to search this site , my first little breakthrough came when I uncovered a bronze coin weight ; this was in very poor condition but I was able to make out that it was 17th century in date . |
| 19 | It was Bloody Sunday in the Maiden City . |
| 20 | Perhaps it was pure mischief in me . |
| 21 | IT was early evening in September , and the sky was already losing its lustre as Wully Gurk , the Ted of Balgair Terrace , made his way towards the cafe . |
| 22 | It was early evening in May but already darkness was closing over the landscape . |
| 23 | And Philip thought if anyone was a nutcase it was that boy in the wood . |
| 24 | But my opinion of the book is much the same now as it was that day in Kathmandu . |
| 25 | It was that point in the morning when people usually began to think about the soup and potatoes that were expected shortly , rather than about the books they were reading . |
| 26 | But there was not a sound : it was that time in the afternoon when Mrs Prynn was down in the village , Sir Gregory and Amyas were at their books , and the ladies in their chambers . |
| 27 | The Widow Douglas , she took me for her son , and allowed she would sivilize me ; but it was rough living in the house all the time , considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways ; and so when I could n't stand it no longer , I lit out . |
| 28 | it was eleven quids in , eleven quids , eleven quid if you had a go on a stand by day . |
| 29 | It was real progress in the entertainment business . |
| 30 | It was Arabian Nights in the mountains , my thousand and one relations of the exploits of the great Osvaldo . |