Example sentences of "it was [adj] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was typical of moves that were to take place on other systems . |
| 2 | But this was not a world of the concrete ; it was one of winks , illusions and intimations . |
| 3 | and I think it was one of things which never really took off in terms of the accident |
| 4 | It was hundreds of feet long , initially resembling a huge snake uncoiling itself . |
| 5 | It was hundreds of miles away . |
| 6 | UI reportedly told staff laid off in the last two weeks that it was short of funds , attributing the situation to an accounting error . |
| 7 | Dougal regretted that it was empty of pedestrians and moving cars . |
| 8 | Where it existed it was characteristic of states which , although they had long and proud cultural traditions , had suffered serious setbacks or for some reason lacked self-confidence . |
| 9 | It was full of holes but at least Anna was n't obliged to see them . |
| 10 | Next instant she had a great thrill , for as the van swung into the lane past her she saw that it was full of Brownies , with luggage all around them ! |
| 11 | Well I should think it was full of maggots . |
| 12 | It was full of bones and sheep-shit ! |
| 13 | A look later at a partial list of the Green Party 's candidates for the 1989 British Euro-elections confirmed the general impression : it was full of teachers , lecturers , organic small-holders , social workers and adult students , with here and there the stray doctor , engineer and journalist . |
| 14 | It was full of soldiers and of military police , and I was near despair . |
| 15 | It was full of suspicions , without one real fact to back them up . |
| 16 | It was full of flames . |
| 17 | Nothing violent happened in Fontanellato because there were no partisans in the village : it was full of Germans and Repubblichini . |
| 18 | It was full of knights , one of whom was dying in the arms of a fair maiden . |
| 19 | Wells ' Awareness Day was bleak ’ ‘ It was full of builders and women who wanted knick-knack shops . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ No , it was full of papers . ’ |
| 21 | Ten years ago it was full of Italians , who , when the Hispanics moved in , drove through and shot from car windows . |
| 22 | It was full of trees and boulders , but with a team of local men Jack set about getting the field cleared of rocks , fences and walls . |
| 23 | ‘ They said it was full of crocodiles , but that was nonsense . |
| 24 | It was full of PROBES and SHOCKS and fuzzy pictures of smiling humans shaking hands with other humans ( ‘ TABLERS RAISE £455 FOR HOSPITAL APPEAL ’ ) . |
| 25 | It was full of pieces of paper , which he dropped behind him for the other boys to follow . |
| 26 | It was full of sweets . |
| 27 | These scenes , in which Chas ' burgeoning sexuality is alluded to , appear in the same context as his obvious distaste when actually faced with the prospect of kissing , ‘ Eeurk ! ’ or his hair being touched by a girl : ‘ Chas felt his hair suddenly prickle , as if it was full of nits ’ . |
| 28 | Chas felt his hair suddenly prickle , as if it was full of nits . |
| 29 | It was full of pot-holes and the car lurched . |
| 30 | ‘ It was full of slops , ’ answered Nellie , still gazing out of the window . |