Example sentences of "it was such [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Which , every , every thing went sideways , but it was such fun
2 ‘ We were n't used to such targets , as prior to this it was such things as ball bearing plants , aircraft factories , Berlin etc .
3 It was such sayings as these that inspired the dervishes some of whom were in the armies of the Khalif and impressed the British soldiers as no other warriors ever did .
4 It was such qualities , combined with its outstanding durability and scarcity , that led the Chinese to invest it with the symbolic qualities and applications that served to mark it out all the more emphatically as for them precious beyond all other substances .
5 Yeah yeah a good Da Dave manages Doncaster now he 's an ex manager of Walsall as well We lived at the Brown Lion at the time and er , I , I was out the front on the Saturday evening and I er manager 's just been to fetch his Sunday joint from the local butchers and he shouted across the road to his pal how have they got on , cos there was no radio in those days , and er he says they 've won two nil and the man dropped his meat in front of him and dribbled it all the way down the road , it was such excitement it was of course all people over the moon .
6 It was such fears that Salisbury set out to quieten , using his People 's Union for Economy to widen the diehards " appeal , and calling for a return to the classless tradition of Conservatism .
7 As it was such release for me , too — release from the rigours of placing my variously sick relatives in hospices the length and breadth of Cumbria .
8 It was such violence as this , and that perpetrated at Cable Street , which encouraged a Conservative-dominated National government to introduce a Public Order Act at the end of 1936 .
9 It was such men who had to be galvanised into action by a pressing personal letter from the leader of the political interest to which they adhered , and , as Panmure was advised , it was ‘ getting such good friends to take a troublesome jaunt on them ’ which would ‘ save a sett of friends from being either affronted or over run ’ .
10 Daisy nearly said Perdita could start off by weight lifting some of her belongings upstairs , but desisted because it was such heaven to be on speaking terms again .
11 It was such generosity which helped to bring it about , ’ she added helpfully .
12 A third trend was centred upon growing awareness of the difference between the real world and the way in which environment was perceived because it was such perception which influenced decision-making and therefore management .
13 Clearly many staff had found the self-appraisal to be a valuable exercise and it was such staff , it seems , that were most positive about the process as a whole and who were most willing to take seriously the advisers ' recommendations .
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