Example sentences of "[coord] it was [adj] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel sure that the German Luftwaffe must have looked at it especially the leaders , and saw where the Eighth Airforce hit and seeing what we did and gave them some thought and consideration , actually with our Bomb Group going in we had no fighter attacks on the way in over the target , we had flack but we did not have air opposition , then on the way back we crossed the Danish peninsula and I think of course by this time the Luftwaffe knew we were coming back that way , and they had the fighters up there and this was our first time being on this mission that we saw air to air combat with the fighters against the flying fortress and in our ammunition , in our guns there , every fifth bullet was a tracer and it was amazing to me that as the German fighters came in it looked like just a hail of tracers going out but they were able to get in there knock down a B Seventeen and leave , it seemed , unscathed untouched it almost seemed impossible to me that a fighter could go through that many bullets and escape unharmed . |
| 2 | There was only one smell on the wind and it was new to him : a strong , fresh , sweet fragrance that filled the air . |
| 3 | I had just discovered boredom , and it was magic to me . |
| 4 | They put a red blanket over her in the ambulance and it was soft to her touch but then the pain did come , up in the wall of her back as if something was being pulled away like the backing from sticking plaster . |
| 5 | Ben , following a few paces behind , gave a small laugh , but it was unrelated to his father 's comment . |
| 6 | This attitude is not uncommon but it was new to me , as were a good many of Sophie 's ideas , and because of its novelty I think I was unconsciously moulded by it : I had begun to see Richard as someone to be ‘ got round ’ , a duped enemy rather than a husband . |
| 7 | I ought to have guessed from the smell , but it was new to me . " |
| 8 | Erm I did n't see any past pa I did see some past papers but it was subsequent to my setting these exam questions , right ? |
| 9 | He knew when he was beaten , but it was clear to his wife that he was still reluctant to be obliged to his brother-in-law . |
| 10 | Playing hard to get , I thought , but it was obvious to me that she did n't mean it . |
| 11 | Agate conceded that one occasionally saw cabinet ministers at the movies , but it was obvious to him that this particular audience had never heard the Mendelssohn , whilst his friend was prompted to comment that it was ‘ the first time they 've ever heard the fiddle ’ . |