Example sentences of "it was [det] [noun prp] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 But shortly before the break , it was former Hereford player Paul Wheeler who put Chester two ahead .
3 It was former Dublin manager Kevin Heffernan who , McGilligan reckons , helped to put him on the road to success .
4 It was this Washington Department which enforced the restrictions on strategic exports to the Soviet Union and its friends .
5 It was another Sunday noon show — in Leeds , Rainworth Social Club .
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