Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now when I came to see you , I think it were earlier on in the year and I 've been to see er the other doctors . |
| 2 | In fact if it was dry down to the band they would near take it in by that time , you with the bands round the middle ? |
| 3 | It seemed to him that it was all up with the Church of England ’ . |
| 4 | But we might be experimental enough to spring people into other ideas , which is what it was all about in the first place . |
| 5 | It was all down to a simple clerical slip-up , magistrates were told . |
| 6 | It was all down to the two relative people concerned . |
| 7 | It had been an historic day for the future of Zimbala — and it was all down to the tactful diplomacy of Jamel Mobuto . |
| 8 | but it 's all , it was all down to the captain |
| 9 | It was far out of the reach of grown-ups as well as children , except that Jasper did not really think anything was out of his reach . |
| 10 | erm I was driving past it learning to drive , concentrating like mad and the driving instructor er , said to me , and it was only the second what , second , third , fourth lesson , it was early on in the |
| 11 | It was straight out of a fairy-tale . |
| 12 | It was high up in a tree , its back part and hind legs caught in a fork of two branches . |
| 13 | Er , I 've put a cloth on the top of it cos we 'd only put it in on the Tuesday and it was wet through on the top ! |
| 14 | It was windy up on the ridge , and the ponies jogged impatiently as they reached the stretch of open turf which led over to the wood and the track through it . |