Example sentences of "it was [prep] the [noun] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is so time-consuming that you need to look at the end result with a very critical eye and decide whether it was worth the time it took to produce . |
| 2 | The passageway here splits into two , one branch leading to the engine sump where a cage lies jammed for ever , the other leading to where a small spiral stairway runs up from a hole in the wall , over the tunnel , to the engine room which , apart from a few acts of vandalism and the ravages of time , is very much as it was on the day it was left . |
| 3 | When it was on the ground it looked kind of lost . |
| 4 | And of course , if it was in the paper it must be true . |
| 5 | well it was in the camera it was right |
| 6 | If it was like the others it would have a metal plate set into its chest . |