Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] [adj] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here it was even possible to freewheel at speed without the risk of the front wheel submerging into a pool of smelly black moss . |
| 2 | When necessary , it was also willing to strike at perceived threats , for example Iraq 's nuclear reactor in 1951 . |
| 3 | It was probably wrong to look at women 's busts , but he could n't bring himself to mention it in confession , not until he had decided about his vocation , one way or the other . |
| 4 | It was quite pleasant to eat at this stage — the curds and whey of the Little Miss Muffet nursery rhyme . |
| 5 | ‘ It was quite difficult to handle at that age . |
| 6 | So what I thought was that it was quite important to look at all these organisations that do seem to me really to have nothing to do with Oxford or Oxfordshire , and that we should be very careful . |
| 7 | The Grant Hall Hotel was next door to Zion United Church where I still spent many weekday evenings in boys ' work , and it was now handy to finish at the church and then cross over to the radio station for the late night shift . |
| 8 | And this chap , I mean he was oh this , it was almost sickening to look at ! |
| 9 | Apart from pure nostalgia , perhaps this is because in the ‘ old days ’ it was fairly easy to look at a faulty circuit , identify components used for specific functions , replace them and get the set going again whether it was commercially or home-made . |