Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [noun sg] [coord] it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it was a kind of fur coat but it was rabbit I think , it was . |
| 2 | It was like being in a sort of ghost theatre and it was terribly forlorn . |
| 3 | ‘ She was having trouble with a piece of chewing gum and it was my way of saying thank you . |
| 4 | But when I finally got to bed again it was well into Monday morning and it was Monday afternoon when I surfaced and there was a policeman on the door and it had n't been a nightmare after all . |
| 5 | Mr Pipkin had been advised to put his money into diamond mining and it was handled through this Australian bank . |
| 6 | Eamonn de Stafort , public relations officer for SPAG , said two cattle had already died from lead poisoning but it was not certain whether dust or water pollution was responsible : ‘ What we are worried about is what will happen when the lake starts to dry up completely ’ . |
| 7 | Large numbers of these settlements were listed in 1086 in Domesday Book and it was assumed , therefore , that they represented the primary Saxon settlement over much of England . |
| 8 | Did you see erm , they see in this paper the light did it were in Kingfisher book and it was seventeen pound for a roll |
| 9 | 15–4 The body of Malcolm MacKinnon was found near Schouler on Daill farm and it was remarkable that it had not been found sooner as it was lying in the vicinity of a well from which water was being drawn daily . |
| 10 | But again in a wartime emergency , when one would imagine that all railway stations would be needed during a war , the axe fell again on Lyonshall Station and it was closed to all traffic on I July 1940 and abandoned . |
| 11 | A copy of the notice served on the group of insurance companies was sent to W. Plc. but it was given no opportunity to make representations and it had no right of appeal under Lautro 's 1988 Rules . |
| 12 | NRA Thames Region spokeswoman Sharon Bolton said : ‘ We had a call late on Sunday night and it was too dark to do anything so we went down on Monday morning and although there was evidence of oil there was not a sufficient amount for concern . |
| 13 | I went back to hospital on Sunday morning but it was not until Monday that we knew that ‘ seldom in the world of human endeavour have so many owed so much to so few . ’ |
| 14 | Following on this discussion , the shop decided that it needed to have a policy on career development and it was suggested that ACTS and Staff Council should produce a joint paper. ; A group is to be formed to look at the paper with Sarah Hughes , Bridget Middleton and Peter West in consultation with colleagues ; they will consult with Staff Council concerning a joint paper . |
| 15 | We worked on gut feeling and it was very difficult to control and manage all the development work because of the technology involved . |
| 16 | from West Croydon terminus to Sutton depôt and it was hoped to complete the final section to the ‘ Grapes ’ in Benhill Street , just off Sutton High Street by Christmas . |
| 17 | Dorchester was at its busiest on market day but it was far from silent at other times . |
| 18 | Unfortunately we were not able to meet all the requirements for County support and it was decided some time ago that we would go ahead with an experimental opening without it . |
| 19 | The parties went on at lartington Hall but it was n't the same place after the death of Mr Field . |
| 20 | I remember her at my first supper at Grove House and it was evident from listening to those in the know that Nancy was not just a someone , but a very special someone . |
| 21 | The study was carried out on trees of greater than 30 cm girth at breast height and it was suggested that the differences between the sites were due to the soils , the podzols of Sepilok being less fertile than those at Kuala Lompat . |