Example sentences of "it [was/were] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence economic growth and cultural change ( post-Fordism and postmodernism ) constitutes as it were the two sides of these new post-industrial urban middle classes . |
| 2 | Sitting on the ground in front of it were the two constables who had delayed him at the dovecot during the arms search . |
| 3 | The prompt LIFESPAN Breakout will appear at the top left-hand edge of the screen and to all intents and purposes this can be treated as if it were the DCL $ prompt . |
| 4 | It was the one time when he doubted William Temple . |
| 5 | It was the one pub where students could be guaranteed not to gather in jabbering crowds : the reason was the clientele . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke , I will , ’ I said as if it was the one thing in the world I wanted to do . |
| 7 | Hoomey was more frightened of doing it than anything else , even the swimming , and yet , curiously , it was the one thing he actually wanted to succeed at . |
| 8 | In fact , it was the one and only sister . |
| 9 | It was the one shared walk of the Rambles and I had forgotten the golden rule when introducing someone to the hills , never to stretch them beyond their ability . |
| 10 | It was the one part of the job her father had hated . |
| 11 | It was the one reason why France was unlikely ever to be truly subjugated by mere force of arms . |
| 12 | Geneva was the centre of the terrorist trade , it was the one place where Duncan would find out if there had been any international involvement in the kidnap . |
| 13 | There was something at St Michael 's but I did n't know it was the one world week . |
| 14 | He was able to get away for a two week holiday in Switzerland at the end of August , where he relaxed and swam in Lake Geneva : it was the one European country which he found not to have changed out of all recognition , and he took an annual holiday there . |
| 15 | It was the one thing you could n't do when you stayed in a hotel . |
| 16 | As she walked uphill she heard footsteps behind her , and , turning , saw that it was the one person in the whole world she did not want to meet this side of the grave . |
| 17 | It was the one thing I always wanted to do . |
| 18 | She shuffled around uncomfortably , finally deciding to cut the bread because it was the one thing she could at least guarantee not to spoil . |
| 19 | It was the one time in my life I 've gone to pieces — lost my mind , I suppose . |
| 20 | And it was the one time that it mattered more than anything else . ’ |
| 21 | I knew it was the one Henry wanted back . |
| 22 | Something sudden had come up concerning the family fortunes and he had to consult his solicitors : it was the one excuse that his seniors being closer to retirement and thus deeply concerned with land values and capital transfer taxes accepted with sympathy . |
| 23 | So we came to the halt , everything worked perfectly and I was astonished how easy this all was , I rather fancy it was the one blade digging gently in and scribing a beautiful arc to port , all the time into wind ; it was the gentlest of one-wheel landings that could ever have been attained . |
| 24 | It was the one thing about Nigel she disliked . |
| 25 | It was the two shots fired from this hand on that summer morning in the Balkans that ignited the smouldering embers of war in Europe and led to the fire that caused the conflagration that created the holocaust . |
| 26 | More than anything else it was the two essays Camus wrote evoking ‘ the great free love of nature and the sea ’ at Tipasa that made me come to Algeria . |
| 27 | It was the two boys who s who set up put it into action . |
| 28 | My brother reckons it was Beeney 's fault for not coming off his line but I reckon it was the two centre halfs again . |
| 29 | Yeah it was the two training aspects that came out of that meeting one was |
| 30 | It was the Sixties all over again . |