Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [noun prp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was unlike Constance to worry . |
| 2 | It was only a split second but it was all Donna needed . |
| 3 | When stardom struck , he was already in his thirties , the hair showed signs of receding and because it was brown Beatty taught him a trick with make-up shadow that reduced the emphasis of an enlarged forehead . |
| 4 | ‘ It was obvious Heather had been unwell , but she seemed almost completely better . |
| 5 | And it was obvious Frontenac had not . |
| 6 | Right , now it was obvious James fancied me . |
| 7 | It was true Dudley spent most of his time at court and it was also true that he was one of the Queen 's favourites , but surely such was the path to wealth and advancement . |
| 8 | For though it was true Maurice had brought it upon himself , he had also brought it upon her . |
| 9 | There was nothing so cosily malicious , once it was mutually accepted , as dead love , and besides it was plain Dotty had a thing going with Fairchild . |
| 10 | Before it was light Chola had lit a fire , and was frying puris and boiling a small pan of rice for Sigarup to eat before he left . |