Example sentences of "[subord] it was [art] [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I thought if it was a man it was a president and it was a woman it was Prime Minister . |
| 2 | But , unfortunately , she soon realised that if it was a nightmare it was a living nightmare . |
| 3 | ‘ If it was a mistake it is their fault , ’ said Andrew . |
| 4 | Some of them were some had got old cars in where the tyres , if it was a puncture it was these great big wheels with beaded edge tyres which you can , you put on in quite a different way from the modern car tyres . |
| 5 | ‘ And if it was a pay-off it did n't do him any good . ’ |
| 6 | In effect , if it was a profession it was a profession in name only ( a point made indirectly by my lecturer who studiously avoided use of the word ) . |
| 7 | If it was the battery it must have finally given up the ghost , because there was n't even the faintest wheeze or whisper from the starter motor . |
| 8 | Even if it was an illusion it was our best illusion . |
| 9 | a very small ship , a frigate , and er the captain was at most Lieutenant Commander and the Princess Royal was doing the re-dedication and because it was the winter it was being done inside a big shed , that 's the background . |