Example sentences of "it was a [noun] [prep] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a shock to me — and a revelation ! … |
| 2 | Whenever I went to Fisherton Street it was a must for me to go to Pickfords , the carriers for The Great Western Railway , just to gaze in the window , for right in the centre was a beautiful scale model of one of their pantechnicons , some two feet in length . |
| 3 | It is , it was a case it was a case with me that I was black or white and that 's why that 's why it hit the press like it did . |
| 4 | But it was a relief to me when she left and , I was thankful to discover , it was even more of a relief to you . |
| 5 | with a high curved roof supported by girders forged in a Liverpool ironworks , and marble pillars and floors , ornately carved canopies , shafts of sunlight emphasising its height , and indeed , everything of a cathedral but altars and pews … . it was a relief to me , after such a long trip , to arrive at this station … |
| 6 | I used to talk about being gay to my straight , but enlightened , friends — mostly women ; it was a relief to me and they were perfectly happy to talk about it . |
| 7 | It was a relief to me when he went . ’ |
| 8 | It was a privilege for me to be invited to one of the Criterion Evenings which were held at irregular intervals at 24 Russell Square . |
| 9 | ‘ It was a mistake for me to stay after Friday evening . |
| 10 | And , and whenever they knew you 've come would you , would you walk through and , and they used to for us every time an tha and that in those days they 'd give you a couple of bob which is , it was a fortune to me at that age . |
| 11 | Everything was mysterious and something was hidden , guessing what it was a game to me . |
| 12 | No , but it was a loan to me and I said to my dad he was loaning it me and I said to him erm I pay you back and then when I went to pick the cheque up er he says er well me mum says he giving you that you know he says what we 're gon na do is when , when they write the will out you 'll get that much less than the others , I says well as long as it ai n't gon na cause any problems |
| 13 | It was a sensation to me , a novice , but the experienced experimentalist learns the tricks of the trade , knows what mistakes to avoid and when weird things happen tries to investigate or to file them away in the memory — just in case . |
| 14 | It was a disappointment to me . |
| 15 | It was a merry-go-round with me as the central pole … |
| 16 | It was a merry-go-round with me as the central pole . |
| 17 | . It was a puzzle to me to think that any customers wanted any of these things in the alley he lived , but he did have a few visitors , because he dealt in antiques , he knew a great deal about them … |
| 18 | The Russians were determined to remove every last item of its inventory , down to the lavatory brushes and the steel tracks on which the dockyard trains ran : indeed it was a miracle to me that they did not demand the cobblestones as well . |
| 19 | It was a satisfaction to me many years later , when I was a member of a Royal Commission on Tribunals of Enquiry , established to advise how secrets should be dealt with , that I was able to persuade the chairman of the Commission , Lord Salmon , and through him the whole of the Commission , to recommend that there should never again be an inquiry of the Denning type , where a single individual was authorised to investigate any piece of gossip or scandal relating to any prominent public person . |
| 20 | It was a pleasure to me to see the housewifely way in which Mr Wilson set about everything . |
| 21 | it was a pleasure to I liked it . |
| 22 | I met George only when I came here , and it was a pleasure for me to meet such a good and conscientious man of the people . |