Example sentences of "[coord] it was [indef pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody er erm or it was nobody thought about it li that was taken for granted . |
| 2 | So Penny rang those numbers to find out where it was and it was something to do with the council or something . |
| 3 | Sombro was presenting a common behaviour problem for male dogs , and it was nothing to do with high-strung pedigree breeding , failure to live up to expectations of unreasonable or over-demanding owners , or lack of freedom or space . |
| 4 | I could n't say where , except it was like a pit , and sometimes I was floating above and it was nothing to do with me . |
| 5 | Come that way er like , they do n't seemed to be giving it to 'em , and it was nothing to do with them , they bought it and , and they would have a search done as the reason when you buy houses are n't there ? |
| 6 | It was n't much , but It was something to go on . |
| 7 | She was not desperately concerned , since she did n't think it would , but it was something to say . |
| 8 | He knew they were at boarding-schools , but it was something to say to the kids . |
| 9 | And mine matey and bess be about me that was quite a long exclamation but it was something surprise them terribly , Oh bess be about me , just sort of , Oh God come to me help , sort of thing . |
| 10 | But it was something to hope for … if I could escape . |
| 11 | It was not always easy to concentrate , as distant explosions and nearby arguments in Arabic disturbed our peace , but it was something to help pass many long hours . |
| 12 | But it was one believed by Harsnett to be controlled by the state and at the periphery of society . |
| 13 | A participant orientation was developed in Britain ( citizens being oriented to the input as well as the output side of the political system , believing that they enjoyed access to it ) , but it was one adapted to an existing deference to the independent authority of government . |
| 14 | She did eventually die of a heart attack but it was nothing to do with Luke . ’ |
| 15 | But it was nothing to do with you and you must n't reproach yourself . |
| 16 | Understandably , Kendall could hardly contain himself , but it was nothing compared to the way he celebrated Peter Beardsley 's winner six minutes from the end . |
| 17 | But it was nothing compared to the strain of walking out on to that huge expanse of stage and facing the crowd . |
| 18 | There was a small explosion at the ramparts several yards away , but it was nothing to worry about … only Harry trying to free the long , iron six-pounder in which the head of a French cynic , Voltaire , had become jammed … rather surprisingly , the Collector thought , a narrow , lozenge-shaped head like that ; Harry had been unable to ram the head home to the cartridge and so , according to normal procedure , was obliged to destroy the charge by pouring water down the vent ; followed by a small quantity of powder , also through the vent , to blow out his makeshift shot . |