Example sentences of "it [was/were] [det] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps that type of patronage was of small value in comparison with the need to provide employment for friends , but it was all grist to the mill of a politician intent on keeping his interest solidly united , and it was certainly not scorned by those with bursaries in their gift . |
| 2 | And it was all thanks to Charlie . |
| 3 | And it was all thanks to a mugging . |
| 4 | ‘ It was all thanks to a woman at the meeting today that I had my first inkling of what had really been going on . ’ |
| 5 | It was all hands to the pumps , or the typewriters or the files or the photocopier , as appropriate . |
| 6 | ‘ Bliss it was that dawn to be alive ’ a quote from Wordsworth , but it is how I feel as we embark on this new decade . |
| 7 | Daisy nearly said Perdita could start off by weight lifting some of her belongings upstairs , but desisted because it was such heaven to be on speaking terms again . |
| 8 | It was this exposure to the financial sector that attracted the attentions of the three-man management buy-in team which took control of P&W in 1990 . |
| 9 | It was this body to which Meade belonged . |
| 10 | The triumph came as a surprise to many fans … but Ron Pickering knew it was another step to even greater glory . |
| 11 | It was another world to them . ’ |