Example sentences of "[subord] it was [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's turned it yellow and where it was dry it 's now going what colour ? |
| 2 | Although it was late she did this , kissed me goodnight and that was the last I saw of ever her . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , ’ she agreed without elaborating , because although it was true it was n't entirely the truth , and she hoped he would have the good manners not to probe further . |
| 4 | Celia felt that she had actively begun to dislike her , although it was clear she knew her job . |
| 5 | If the one we crossed this time was a steep climb and then a pleasant sweep into a warm green valley , and not the mountains of the moon , I was the better pleased , because although it was different it was also wonderful , and because I felt instinctively that the heights must be earned . |
| 6 | I recently helped one of the Costain girls on some research and she has sent me the final document , which I suspect will one day be of invaluable professional use , so it was nice she remembered . |
| 7 | By the time Jose had found Jeremy 's passport and return air ticket , so it was clear he had n't just wandered off . |
| 8 | The General Assembly was not restricted in its actions to those performed by the League , provided it was satisfied they were necessary for the effective carrying out of its task of supervision . |
| 9 | As Mafouz tacked one way , it would move in the other , and when he swerved round to get it once more in his sights it would sidle left or right until it was sure it was once again in his blind spot . |
| 10 | If it was unavailable he took the dry and mixed that with sugar to achieve the same effect . |
| 11 | Protectionism is not a serious counter movement to global capitalism because if it was successful it could do great damage to the system and , ultimately , destroy it . |
| 12 | On the other hand , if it was accidental she might even forgive him . |
| 13 | If it was negative she would need to be vaccinated , and it was essential that she did n't get pregnant for three months afterwards as the vaccine also can damage the baby . |
| 14 | No cos I was n't too sure if it was available you telling me it is available . |
| 15 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |
| 16 | Conical if it was conical it would be C O N I conical . |
| 17 | And anyway , when you think of what goes on on telly now , if it was true we 'd all be raving . ’ |
| 18 | Right , that 's it , that 'll do , I wo n't go any further and I can get the other things in well we had er , we had an aluminium friend , a double glazed enormous window over our landing and it was , the aluminium was so cold and it was conden there was so much condensation that we had a new window P V C put in , but I tried to sell this other window , cos it was beautiful you see , nothing wrong with it except you know , but nobody wanted it and I kept it and I had it for about two years standing outside and then I thought I can use that and I cut , it was a three section , three lots of glass all in one , cut down , divide it into two and one , and got myself a plant house under the erm |
| 19 | Last year I curbed my inclination to record in writing my appreciation of individuals , because tho' it was heartfelt it was so difficult to avoid fulsomeness and invidiousness . |
| 20 | Because it was alive it would die . |
| 21 | But because it was idealistic it was the more persuasive when he preached it to his young contemporaries . |
| 22 | ‘ They must have found it , because it was gone the day after — probably straight into the oven because it was obvious it had been killed , not just died But to this day they do n't know how . ’ |
| 23 | And the plume of vapour was blue , but the blueness all around it bellied inwards to encyst it in peacock and midnight , and while it was busy she slashed at the palest of the azure walls with the tongue of her belt-buckle . |
| 24 | While it was charming I was not at all happy there so I gave up the grandiose life and moved over to the Peel Street YMCA . |
| 25 | But that flakiness and that is obviously when it was new he did n't let it dry out , he just painted |
| 26 | When it was dark he cycled back to the farm again . |
| 27 | When I look back at the photographs I think And even when it was long I had , there was one hairdresser there called Paul , whom I 'd go and see regularly . |
| 28 | When it was ready they each fetched a huge bronze pan , the ones that were used for cooking rice at weddings , or boiling barley for making raksi . |
| 29 | When it was ready we removed this war-winning product from the mould with excitement . |
| 30 | When it was ready she got up , handing him the blanket as she slid wearily beneath the covers . |