Example sentences of "[subord] it was [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ David obviously wrote the songs and everything but I felt a lot of responsibility came on to me at that time , although it was nothing like David 's , ’ he says . |
| 2 | Although it was itself of a rather fetid awfulness , The Damned prefigured almost all of the conventions of the nostalgia movie : the fusing of public history with a private , intimate drama ; the ubiquity of ‘ decadence ’ and deviant sexuality ; the scratchy suggestiveness of ‘ cheap ’ popular music on the soundtrack ; the transformation of the past into a glittering art deco exhibition of costume and design ; and the constant reference to movie mythology . |
| 3 | The CAT scan apparently showed no damage to the brain , so it was something of a shock to the doctors as well as to Dawn 's parents when she finally came round from the coma after about a week with a left hemiplegia . |
| 4 | In fact I had never even imagined life without fat so it was something of a challenge to create a very low fat diet for myself , first of all , and then for my slimmers — a diet which at the same time as being very low in fat included all the necessary nutrients . |
| 5 | Terry and Middleton have become one of the country 's most reliable opening partnerships , so it was something of a surprise when , in the 19th over , Middleton was leg-before to Hooper for 27 with 68 on the board . |
| 6 | She was the sort that keeps coming , that never knows when they 're licked … the mad cockerel I once hit with my toy cricket bat — it was an accident , of course it was , but I had to keep hitting it and hitting it until it was nothing but a bloody pulp on splintered sticks . |
| 7 | if it was one on one , we would n't have anything to do , but it is the fact that they have got good technology , good materials and they are that much more than us , their troops are n't as well trained as ours |
| 8 | Hilary , coming out of his reverie , noticed his discomfiture , and smiled as if it was something of not the slightest importance : ‘ The suggestion has been made , ’ he said . |
| 9 | None of these friends knew much about funerals , but if it was something for Conor then , yes , they 'd like to come along . |
| 10 | Yes If it was something like a housewife , if you sold the husband and wife , let's say , a Cover Master or Living Assurance , or the husband 's Health Master , and the wife now wants a Health Master , then nine pound sixty might be enough to give them the maximum benefit . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't know , ’ said Dot and wondered if it was anything like princesses . |
| 12 | Yeah , cos it was you with erm well it must have been some years ago . |
| 13 | But flying was wonderful I think er for him because it was lots of mountains and lots of lovely scenery and er and things like . |
| 14 | Nothing to do whether it was you from , from Saturday he 's never been the same , will you pick up your pen before they go on the floor , what else have you got lurking on the bottom of your bed ? |
| 15 | Stephen was constantly telling her to think before she spoke , particularly when it was none of her business . |
| 16 | We should never take for granted that we will find our happiness in God alone , as though it was ours by right to have . |