Example sentences of "and it was [adj] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon she was leaving and it was easy for him to be charming . |
| 2 | I realized what a marvellous actor he was when I saw him in this and only wished that he had n't relied so much on the funny voices and hidden behind the easier way out of doing the characters that he could do so easily — and it was easy for him . |
| 3 | Law supported the offer to Asquith , and it was logical for him to do so ; a government bent on post-war reconstruct on and resistance to Labour would be strengthened by Asquith 's presence . |
| 4 | And it was perfect for me because a lot of the vibrato that I had developed over the years suddenly sounded more like me , because the vibrato bar was n't there taking up the slack and giving way every time I applied vibrato . |
| 5 | Moreover , he himself had loyalties of his own to preserve , and it was well for him that he should not know too much . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was not actually hungry , and it was rare for him to drink , but they were paying and he would make sure they noticed , and — apart from the singer — the Khan Murjan was a hell of a fabulous place . |
| 8 | She hesitated , and then said very sweetly to comfort him : ‘ And it was nice of you to think of my reputation . ’ |
| 9 | I was particularly thrilled with the guys who scored the points for us on the final day , Mark James , Jose-Maria Olazabal , Jose-Maria Canizares , Ronan Rafferty and Christy O'Connor Jnr. , because in the case of Canizares , Ronan and Christy they had n't scored a point in the games they played and it was nice for them to take some of the glory . |
| 10 | so there was nothing going to waste and it was nice for me because once we 'd said goodbye I just had ten minutes , quarter of hour drive home |
| 11 | And it was simple for you to take a holiday ? ’ |
| 12 | There was only one smell on the wind and it was new to him : a strong , fresh , sweet fragrance that filled the air . |
| 13 | You see , Great-Aunt Jane was a skilled dressmaker and made clothes for quite a number of young ladies in Baldersdale , and it was usual for them to try on the new clothes and have the final fittings in the kitchen . |
| 14 | Then someone fell out and it was possible for me to do the Figaro myself . |
| 15 | But Stephen made no reply , and it was impossible for her to tell what he was thinking behind his impassive face . |
| 16 | Hence the perception that , however hard he tries — and it was brave of him to go to the wall at all — Mr Clinton will always carry this particular cross , and that his relations with the armed services will always be shaped by it . |
| 17 | Ellen Orford in the poem is a middle-aged woman and it was fortuitous for me that I was about the right age — it 's not a part for a young soprano . |
| 18 | Kisling , Lipchitz , Utrillo , all his friends were selling and it was bitter for him to realize that his work was not yet marketable , not to the public taste . |
| 19 | I had just discovered boredom , and it was magic to me . |
| 20 | The pace is a yard quicker out here and it was important for us to get the measure of the speed of the New Zealand game . |
| 21 | ‘ And it was wrong of me to reject it out of hand . |
| 22 | he was like a terrier , unable to let go in spite of a beating , and it was hard for her not to feel responsible ; because , after all , did n't his persistence show that she 'd come to matter to him , at least a little ? |
| 23 | His hands were shaking , and it was hard for him to stand in the terrible screaming wind . |
| 24 | It 's you that 's wanted down at the station and it was kind of you to give me a lift . |
| 25 | They noted with fear Terry Wade 's eight goals within a minute and it was lucky for them the referee had not kicked off before he scored them . |