Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] it [was/were] [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Sells said data emerging from hospitals in Madras was offering an alternative where it was impractical and too expensive to treat large numbers of patients on dialysis machines . |
| 2 | I am now in my 93rd year and quite clearly recall having read the Echo when it was pink and cost a half-penny . |
| 3 | Having rewound the crêpe bandage , after a fashion , she brushed her hair until it was dry and gleaming like dark spun silk , before donning a sunshine-yellow dress that perfectly matched her mood . |
| 4 | Mr Smeddon , 35 , a driver , said he would continue not to pay the tax because it was unfair and he could not afford it . |
| 5 | He always spoke the truth whether it was popular or not , he lo loves provided an example and we should follow if we want to please God . |
| 6 | the truth erm , oh you never , never hold back and make be known in God 's name the kingdom , he always told the truth whether it was popular or not , that 's really , so erm come on you , are you going out with Clare , come on , hey , come on , come on Pip , go on , go on |
| 7 | He promised to forward a specimen when it was dry but went on to say ‘ the flowers are so small as not to be discerned , by my eyes , without a glass ’ . |
| 8 | Under section 14(1) of the Act of 1988a vessel could only be entered in the new register if it was British-owned and managed and its operations were directed and controlled from within the United Kingdom , and if any charterer , manager or operator of the vessel was a qualified person or company . |
| 9 | I set off and we had a taxi because it was terrible and I thought oh well , we had a lovely weekend , I 'm not going to er spoil it by being soaking wet getting to Piccadilly station . |
| 10 | She liked this name because it was romantic and well-bred , which were precisely Willie Moe 's objections to it . |
| 11 | But we still lost the consignment because it was perishable and missed the Spanish markets because of the delays caused by the roadblocks . ’ |
| 12 | But the day before it was cold and breezy and the day after it rained . |
| 13 | The pipebridge section alone held five tons of hot water when it was full and in all we must have pumped hundreds of tons around the system . |
| 14 | His new putter would take the world by storm because it was revolutionary and , as Brian Harley was already demonstrating on the pro tour , the most effective putter ever designed . |
| 15 | Even the rain no longer seemed fresh : it congealed in the sullied air , splattering into filthy stinking puddles , hammering the roof and churning up the packed mud until it was slushy and loose . |
| 16 | An ‘ only ’ dream has little effect on us ; we may remember it in the morning because it was funny or for some other reason , but it does not disturb us in any way ; most often , we recollect it only in the moments after waking and have forgotten it by the time we get out of bed . |
| 17 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 18 | Mental arithmetic and reading and I also had er er take an eye test because they said if there was a train accident and I could n't see the signal whether it was red or green or whatever , you see , you never know . |
| 19 | A Corporal would tell a recruit not to spit on the floor because it was disgusting and because if he continued to do so he would be hit . |
| 20 | Fathers liked the style because it was neat and workmanlike . |
| 21 | Fears were also expressed by some passengers that the tunnel might collapse while they were travelling through it or that they might suffocate from the lack of air because it was one and three quarter miles long ! |
| 22 | Feature films , whether drama or comedy , quoted society when it was appropriate or relevant . |
| 23 | Considering the discussion of religion in The Future of an Illusion and elsewhere , especially in Civilization and Its Discontents , it is clear that Freud thought of religion as being in need of explanation because it was irrational and did not further the happiness of mankind . |
| 24 | Iraq 's nuclear plans seemed to go into abeyance while it was reactorless and still bogged down in its costly war against Iran . |
| 25 | Sometimes a patient will have failed to carry out his task because it was inappropriate or too demanding . |
| 26 | Frankie liked Nanny 's house because it was warm and brightly lit , but he was rarely allowed to go there alone because Smallfry knew things about it that he would never understand . |
| 27 | The official stayed and , in later years , coined the best metaphor for the Wilson style : Harold as the great player of Space Invaders taking the first blip to cross the screen whether it was important or not . |