Example sentences of "it was [adj] [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all Dorset words , I mean that was really be beautiful ! |
| 2 | It was all Uncle Willi 's fault that Karl was so angry with her . |
| 3 | Then Ron Dennis got up and said it was all John Barnard 's work and.McLaren 's and they were bloody geniuses and Niki … |
| 4 | " I believe it was one Arthur Pascoe , ma'am . |
| 5 | It was possible Mrs Fribbins bruise was caused by accident or by someone else . |
| 6 | It was possible Mrs Fribbins bruise was caused by accident or by someone else . |
| 7 | AS AN advertisement for Second Division football , it was pure Jim Dunk . |
| 8 | It was late on Friday evening in London ; in the cities of the western Pacific — Tokyo , Hong Kong , Seoul , Vladivostok , Sydney — it was early Saturday morning . |
| 9 | It was semi-finalist Amy Moore 's printed housecoat that won the approval of the magazine 's Deputy Editor , Karen McCartney . |
| 10 | But rapture it was that Saturday afternoon in the spring of 1990 when Ian McGeechan 's tartan lads won the Grand Slam , the Triple Crown , the Calcutta Cup and the hearts of all of us numb with tear-stained joy in the stands and terracings of Murrayfield . |
| 11 | At the other end , Durnin missed out for Oxford in the dying minutes , but it was new Sunderland player manager Terry Butcher 's night . |
| 12 | It was 21-year-old Jamie Moralee who stole the ball from Kevin Scott to run on and score his seventh League goal in 11 games . |
| 13 | But shortly before the break , it was former Hereford player Paul Wheeler who put Chester two ahead . |
| 14 | It was former Dublin manager Kevin Heffernan who , McGilligan reckons , helped to put him on the road to success . |
| 15 | Despite her protestations , it was evident Jane Pargeter still resented David Parkin for dumping her for another woman . |
| 16 | However , it was evident Mrs. Barton was proud of her crockery and glass , for she left her cupboard door open , with a glance round of satisfaction and pleasure . |
| 17 | To me , it was very Elvis Presley which I gather is the perfect impression because Elvis was one of Freddie 's inspirations . |
| 18 | Thirty years ago , it was happy Richard Ingrams , the madcap youthful japester |
| 19 | In a side which included three players under 20 , it was 19-year-old David Hagan who stole the points and the glory , with a brilliant goal in a match which saw Hibs offer little resistance . |
| 20 | It was this Washington Department which enforced the restrictions on strategic exports to the Soviet Union and its friends . |
| 21 | ( It was this Thomas Peall who , while still at College in 1795 , produced glanders in an ass by placing the discharge from a farcy ulcer inside the nostrils ) . |
| 22 | So it was last Tuesday night , when the change allowed at the end of our whacky version of five-card rolling draw brought your correspondent the most beautiful five of spades he had ever seen — face down what 's more — to go with the A-2-3-4 he was showing . |
| 23 | It was near Loch Pattack in a thick rolling fog . |
| 24 | It was old Mr Bennet from the flat next door . |
| 25 | It was old Mr. Stavanger who paid for me to have a good secretarial course , and when I 'd qualified he gave me a job in the shipping office . |
| 26 | This year it was ever-reliable Tony Humphries who shifted the club world on its axis and demolished the Sound Factory Bar by creating an hour-long mega-mix out of a tune he 'd picked up the previous week during one of his periodical spinning visits to Switzerland . |
| 27 | I was n't a brave boy , not physically , that is , but then it was unlikely Mr Broadhurst had anything physical in mind . |
| 28 | The increase in national insurance gave the Government ‘ more freedom for movement next year ’ , when it was unlikely Mr Lamont would still be Chancellor . |
| 29 | It was clear Mrs Baggley was , in her own way , making comments about a possible motive for Gray 's murder . |
| 30 | There were so few possessions or comforts in the room that it was clear Mr Sikes had met hard times . |