Example sentences of "it was [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was second nature to look at the linesman but I knew I was on . ’ |
| 2 | It was second nature to him now to note the time by the illuminated dial of his electric bedside clock before he had switched on his lamp , a second after he had felt for and silenced the raucous insistence of the telephone . |
| 3 | It was second nature to weigh up a situation and draw conclusions but this was not just another news story , this was different . |
| 4 | He either did n't believe her , or was so unused to accepting answers unquestioningly that it was second nature for him to delve into the nitty-gritty . |
| 5 | Andy Partner appeared as a second half substitute for fellow youth team centre-half Paul Flowers , but it was second substitute Steve Ball who was quickest into the action . |
| 6 | If the plaintiff 's solicitor has to swear an affidavit of service he must specifically state that first class post was used , otherwise the court will presume it was second class post . |
| 7 | As Bernard Joy has observed , ‘ it was twentieth century , terse , exciting , spectacular , economic , devastating . ’ |
| 8 | If we 'd won it was 2nd place . |
| 9 | It was first love — there had been no time for earlier romance because Nicandra was only eight on April 8th 1904 . |
| 10 | My Lord the only point of interest and it 's really one that I took in the of the submission is that if you use an up to date nineteen ninety three figure for calculating it when it was first back to years three and a half , two and a half and one and a half years ago , then intre it would n't be fair if interest is awarded on that as well because in a sense the increase in the figure that inflation and the increased cost of living has produced because you use an up to date figure , probably equates with the interest and we can the figure an up to date one to avoid just that otherwise it would be getting the figures for each of those years and then working out interest . |
| 11 | It was first class , not at all , as I later understood , ambitious or opulent , but of consistent quality , very fresh and , in effect , just very good French bourgeois food , carefully bought , traditionally cooked , presented with much visual taste . |
| 12 | It was 17th October and Balliol was known to be on the move . |
| 13 | When I set myself to search this site , my first little breakthrough came when I uncovered a bronze coin weight ; this was in very poor condition but I was able to make out that it was 17th century in date . |
| 14 | I 'm afraid it was third time unlucky . ’ |
| 15 | A notable sleeper was Sotheby 's lot 265 , undercatalogued as ‘ a Meissen figure of an actor ’ , estimated at £700–900 , sold over telephone for £4,800 ( $7,200 ) ; again lot 339 , a Berlin Cabaret set , catalogued misleadingly as circa 1880 , estimated at £1,200–1,800 , was a good buy at £3,200 ( $4,800 ) ; trade sources affirmed it was eighteenth century . |
| 16 | It was 5th November . |
| 17 | And we it was fourth year when we done it and we 'd never been shown anything like that and it was interesting because it 's the sort of fact that you you never really think about |
| 18 | If anything in the Amis corpus has validated his penchant for the poison dart , it was last year 's Memoirs : indiscreet , at times indefensible , but nevertheless a book to leave you giddy with laughter . |
| 19 | She paused before answering him , her eyes blinking as if she were thinking ; and then she said , ‘ It was last year … or sometime longer , when … when we lived in Durham . ’ |
| 20 | The Unix festival , UniForum ‘ 93 , did n't feel as successful a show as it was last year : it was spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , and attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic — like as not , it was talking about the pre-registration which was up , but unofficially we hear attendance was down ; UniForum is still more a Unix celebration than anything else but it remains to be seen whether there will still be things to celebrate or whether erosion has set in . |
| 21 | The Unix festival , Uniforum ‘ 93 , did n't feel like it was as successful a show as it was last year . |
| 22 | It was a wee , it 's it was last year when you saw him I think , Dr |
| 23 | Erm and that is not half as what it was last year . |
| 24 | That 's no good , because then the true worth of the child is not coming out , and at that age I mean , what had started it was last year I I did n't want him to do it . |
| 25 | It was last year in Denmark that she reached her lowest ebb . |
| 26 | The Brazilian government 's environmental protection agency ( Ibama ) claims that forest destruction is half what it was last year . |
| 27 | And the final point I wanted to make , although yes , we do welcome the special transitional grant second tranche of ten point eight million pounds , and it would be churlish not to , it is nevertheless a reduction on what the share of it was last year erm s of the national total so there is actually a reduction in the share that is getting this year , and alongside that , and of course hence the need for the recommendation in the budget , is that we 've actually lost very specifically one point eight five six million in the rollover grant from last year 's erm S T D tranche which we are specifically asking and very grateful to policy and resources for , hopefully , erm we 're asking and we 're hopeful they will underpin it and the Chairman is here and er er has nodded in that direction I think it 's fair to say . |
| 28 | Why was the Lotus issue put into this mo this year 's training plan when it was last year 's money ? |
| 29 | He says things have been getting more busy but it 's still not as busy as it was last year . |
| 30 | I know it was last year I was really annoyed . |