Example sentences of "it was [verb] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was daring of McChrystal to start with Bach on the saxophone , even if this sonata — normally for violin or flute — is of very doubtful authenticity . |
| 2 | As soon as she closed her eyes a dark , austerely handsome face filled her mind , crowding out the last of her lingering fright , and when she eventually managed to get back to sleep it was to dream of Michele Lorenzo once more . |
| 3 | It was recognised of course that not everyone would have such a carer , but that this restriction would provide a more homogeneous sample than would otherwise be the case . |
| 4 | It was coined in 1969 by the American scientist John Wheeler as a graphic description of an idea that goes back at least two hundred years , to a time when there were two theories about light : one , which Newton favored , was that it was composed of particles ; the other was that it was made of waves . |
| 5 | It was constructed of stone on six storeys and had circular cast-iron pillars , the characteristic square-headed windows with small panes of glass , staircase turrets like those in medieval castles and manor houses , and a wheel house from which a waterwheel drove the machinery . |
| 6 | And it was thinking of Barbara Coleman , what she had enjoyed and what she had become , that led Rain to a disturbing idea . |
| 7 | I thought that it was made of stone , but to my horror I discovered it was made of cement blocks ! |
| 8 | Stok tied his tie , using all the muscles of his fingers as though it was made of metal instead of cloth . |
| 9 | It was made of shit . |
| 10 | It was made of copper . |
| 11 | It was coined in 1969 by the American scientist John Wheeler as a graphic description of an idea that goes back at least two hundred years , to a time when there were two theories about light : one , which Newton favored , was that it was composed of particles ; the other was that it was made of waves . |
| 12 | Opposite the fire-place was a table , which I should call a Pembroke , only that it was made of deal , and I can not tell how far such a name may be applied to such humble material . |
| 13 | I thought that it was made of stone , but to my horror I discovered it was made of cement blocks ! |
| 14 | Timothy Gedge said it was made of tin . |
| 15 | Its size , elaborate smithing and the fact that it was made of silver meant that the offering must have been exceedingly valuable . |
| 16 | In the most recent mills it was made of steel ; but more commonly it was a piece of springy willow wood collected from a convenient pollard . |
| 17 | He turned his head , mouthing eagerly , and found the nipple so fast you 'd think it was made of iron and he was a magnet . |
| 18 | In fact Claude Bernard , in 1856 , described mucus as ‘ enclosing the gastric juice as in a vase so impermeable as if it was made of porcelain ’ . |
| 19 | Later , she realised it was made of plastic . |
| 20 | It was made of cloth , and , as printed on the cover , was about three millimetres long . |
| 21 | It was made of concrete and had a beautiful garden with a white hibiscus bush and one small , resinously scented tree . |
| 22 | It was born of fear for her grandfather , he thought as he returned to his butchery of the President 's shotgun . |
| 23 | It was said of Vaughan that he was ‘ esteemed by scholars , an ingenious person , but proud and humorous ’ . |
| 24 | In Eliza Vaughan 's day it was said of Courtfield : ‘ You nearly break your neck going , but more nearly break your heart leaving there . ’ |
| 25 | It was said of Comte that ‘ the woman he chose as his wife was nothing more than a means for the immediate gratification of his crude sexuality ’ . |
| 26 | A man who tempered sentiment with business sense , it was said of Guillaume that he revealed the price of a painting with the same air of awed reverence that he mentioned a woman 's age . |
| 27 | When Edwin Chadwick , the great English public health expert , was visiting Paris , he met the Emperor who asked him what he thought of the improvements in Paris , to which he replied : ‘ Sir , it was said of Augustus that he found Rome brick and left it marble . |
| 28 | It was said of Brent under the Labour council : ’ If you have a council that is as monumentally incompetent as Brent 's has been in the last few years , it rightly gets a major vote of censure from the public . ’ |
| 29 | Mrs Mentle and I both felt it was touching of Pugh to place a sticker in the back of the hearse which read ‘ Do n't follow me , follow Athletico Whaddon . ’ |
| 30 | It was noted of Henry I of Germany that he was merry in his cups , but never to the detriment of royal dignity ; and of William I of England that he was so abstemious that he never took more than three cups of wine after dinner . |