Example sentences of "the [noun sg] it was [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 However , before he could redpoint the route it was stole by Peak District raider John Arran .
2 At the Jamboree it was time for tea .
3 Christina Muir : ‘ Coming from a small boarding school evacuated and decimated by the war it was paradise to be with girls with intellectual interests .
4 However , on one 's first appearance in the office in the morning it was etiquette for all , even key holders , to enter through the front door and use the front staircase .
5 After the fun and games of the Cheranganis it was time for something a bit more serious , so we headed for Mount Elgon , in the far west of the country , straddling the border between Kenya and Uganda .
6 And so , in the end it was time for sherry at the Manor House .
7 At the end it was time for supper , which was almost as uneatable as the bed had been unsavoury .
8 My morning sickness I had explained away as the bug starting and a lot of the time it was sickness at an evening meal .
9 Someone like James for , how long did that go on for , for about a month , when he could n't he stop talking about me all the time it was sort of like , you know , I like this , you know what I mean , he was talking
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