Example sentences of "it was [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was pleasant walking in the October afternoon , though the going was rough . |
| 2 | By the third day Nigel realized it was boring staying in bed . |
| 3 | It was occasional raggedness in technique that let Cambridge down . |
| 4 | It was freezing cold in Edinburgh , and this was July ! |
| 5 | It was freezing cold in all the rooms . |
| 6 | It was strange being in the kitchen of the house they had shared . |
| 7 | It was one element in the search , on occasion the scramble , for diversification . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I only took the term up because it was general conversation in the police force . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Perhaps it was pure mischief in me . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was early evening in May but already darkness was closing over the landscape . |
| 15 | And Philip thought if anyone was a nutcase it was that boy in the wood . |
| 16 | But my opinion of the book is much the same now as it was that day in Kathmandu . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It was real progress in the entertainment business . |
| 21 | By God it was hard , it was hard work in those days . |
| 22 | But it , it erm it , it was hard work in those days . |
| 23 | Of course erm it 's perhaps , perhaps it 's looking slightly to the er historical future it it 's er it it was bad news in one sense because erm there came to be a view taken in Europe that wars between the great powers would be short , sharp wars . |
| 24 | It was growing dark in the garden , but not dark enough — she was naked and exposed under the wide , open sky . |
| 25 | More commonly , however , it was ill health in conjunction with other factors , such as proximity to retirement age , which determined propensity to retire early . |
| 26 | But it was horrible being in one tiny room . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ It was some baptism in what was a very fast game . ’ |
| 28 | But more likely it was some time in London . |
| 29 | ‘ This all needed careful sorting , particularly the contents of the deed boxes , and with little space available , it was some time in 1925 before the job was complete . |
| 30 | ‘ I think it was some time in the seventies , ’ said Ken . |