Example sentences of "it was a new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warden was enjoying himself in the background : it was a new experience to see someone else tackling Buchanan rather than the other way round . |
| 2 | It was a new experience for her to want to open up to someone , especially a man ; but another part of her was relieved to have found a kindred spirit she could confide in . |
| 3 | It was a new experience for me , a city basement wine bar at lunchtime . |
| 4 | For the police squad it was a new experience , but they had seen how it was done and all landed safely . |
| 5 | It was a new experience for the Bishop . |
| 6 | It was a new slant on the eternal problem of the one who kisses and the one who is kissed . |
| 7 | When one heard the whistle in the distance , one 's whole body contracted to resist the too excessively potent vibrations of the explosion , and at each repetition it was a new attack , a new fatigue , a new suffering . |
| 8 | But perhaps those three are the ones you 'll , if it was a new person coming in to the job you 'd concentrate on that would n't you ? |
| 9 | At first rock 'n' roll was generally seen in terms of rebellion : this was viewed positively , by fans and fellow-travellers , or negatively , by outraged defenders of established cultural interests ; in any case , it was a new music , set against existing popular types . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought the man in the office , Mr Rigby , said it was a new machine , ’ was Robyn 's first comment , when they stood before its massive bulk . |
| 11 | This she combines admirably with looking after 14-year-old Alex , 12-year-old Rosie , and 5-year-old twins Fifi ( Fiona ) and Nicky : ‘ It was a new direction but something I 'd always been interested in . |
| 12 | It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now ! |
| 13 | He made the point that , whilst the mail order companies had lived with bad debt for years , for such as the building societies it was a new phenomenon . |
| 14 | And from there we moved to the the secondary school that is now at Station Road at Gedling , it was a new school , brand new school built , er purpose built . |
| 15 | It was a new school for us too , but at least we were all there together , and had been in Junior School together . |
| 16 | But it was a new development for him , and he was certain of nothing else . |
| 17 | It was a new subject area for the CNAA , and a rapidly changing one , and the colleges had no previous experience of the CNAA . |
| 18 | She realized , and it was a new thought , that he must have been very close to Jake … |
| 19 | Surrounded by its great park and built in brick , it was a new venture , half-way towards an elegant country house , the home of a new breed of magnate , more gentleman perhaps than knight . |
| 20 | He never had a ‘ burning ambition ’ to be a merchant banker , he says , but was attracted to County on his return to England because it was a new venture that was attracting the smaller , rapidly expanding companies he was interested in . |
| 21 | It was a new route up a beautiful unclimbed peak , the west summit of Shivling . |
| 22 | It was a new kind of smile . |
| 23 | ‘ It was a new bike and served you right , anyway , ’ he said . |
| 24 | It was a new possibility . |
| 25 | The latter was particularly appealing because it was a new industry , where few vested interests existed but which was nonetheless important for the future . |
| 26 | Economics Minister Andrei Nechayev , commenting on the measure , said that it was a new means of regulating fuel prices , applicable only to oil so far , which was based on profitability and would contribute resources to a fund for compensatory payments . |
| 27 | I only intended to do that first album , because it was a new label and I did n't want to sign to a label that had no track record . |
| 28 | cos she said I 'm sure Aunty Ann said it was a new series |
| 29 | Over the years , Dauntless had become used to loneliness , but he suspected that for Cleo it was a new condition which she was having trouble getting used to . |
| 30 | But it was a new start . |