Example sentences of "it was [adj] [noun sg] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | * It is also possible to put presuppositions into a sentence by just rearranging the parts , as in the following example ( called a CLEFT ) , based on " Senecan influence brought blood to Renaissance tragedy " : It was Senecan influence which brought blood to Renaissance tragedy . |
| 2 | I took , it was nine pound we thought , lot of money in those days for careless driving ! |
| 3 | I mean it was a bit loud because it was live music I suppose but it was n't a bad night . |
| 4 | It was grief-stricken Abigail who made the final parting gesture . |
| 5 | It was other evidence which ruled out this model . |
| 6 | So it was one day you made the decision and you stuck with it ? |
| 7 | And it was good whisky they got was too new made you see . |
| 8 | Sunnyside Road , and erm , it were it was good accommodation we had our own bathroom and toilet er but again accommodation was cramped , we had no spare room |
| 9 | So yeah do n't , you do n't need the nought there but it was good thinking you put it in , putting it in . |
| 10 | Mostly it was hot chocolate she made , warming the milk in a saucepan on the stove before mixing it . |
| 11 | It was long day you know . |
| 12 | And she used to go with the district nurses a lot to er to treat different people specially a long time I remember erm a young man erm h he had er I think it was cerebral palsy he had and er he was so fed up with himself he threw paraffin over himself and er set light you know on the top of the stairs and threw himself down . |
| 13 | It was that determination which gave her doctors and parents such hope when she underwent a heart and lung transplant ; a last ditch attempt to save her , after her lungs were virtually destroyed by the disease Cystic Fibrosis . |
| 14 | It was that independence which enabled us to participate in the Gulf war and to initiate the Falklands conflict without having to secure the agreement of our 11 Community colleagues . |
| 15 | But it was the patronage of Sir John Coke [ q.v. ] , one of the principal secretaries of state from 1625 to 1639 , which lay behind his rise to complete control of foreign and domestic posts in the 1630s ; and it was that achievement which gave him the opportunity both to create a new postal service and to acquire an estate in Essex worth £800 a year . |
| 16 | It was that sense which had brought me to Munding , which had set me hunting the Green Man in the woods . |
| 17 | ‘ If you 're — uh — gay , as they insist on calling it these days , then I 'll just have to accept it , but I shall always blame myself , always wonder where I went wrong with you , wonder whether it was that school I sent you to , I was never sure if it was a mistake or ’ |
| 18 | Now I can see that I was wrong to assume that mere dedication to a craft ineluctably results in fine work , but it was that conviction which drove me to put Jean-Claude and his work on the map . |
| 19 | Fringe , flat out at racing pace , had a wildness about him I could n't really control and I guessed it was that quality which won him races . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps it was that bump we went over , ’ said Bob hesitantly . |
| 21 | It was that accident which had led to Agnes being asked to share the schoolhouse , and she looked forward to several years together before retirement age . |
| 22 | I felt well bloody marvellous , you now , i it was that imperative it had got ta be done , you ca n't have time o no I 'm sorry you ca n't ! |
| 23 | ‘ It was that woman you sent . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll bet it was that woman who went to see the house after us yesterday . |
| 25 | It was such generosity which helped to bring it about , ’ she added helpfully . |
| 26 | A third trend was centred upon growing awareness of the difference between the real world and the way in which environment was perceived because it was such perception which influenced decision-making and therefore management . |
| 27 | Thus , there seems little doubt that it was bubonic plague which struck Chesterfield in 1586–87 . |
| 28 | I have n't at the moment because last year it was it was National Grid who have n't |
| 29 | well if it is n't yeah , if we , if and I thought it was national account which means it 's a multi-locational site which it is |
| 30 | Turning to face Luce , his hands thrust into the pockets of his beige trousers , he went on , ‘ Last year I decided it was high time I had a wife and family . |