Example sentences of "it was [noun] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , I was still disturbed by Mick 's comments , but it was Sunday and self-pity was always sweeter then . |
| 2 | Because it was feelings and stuff . |
| 3 | It was water and air filtration systems . |
| 4 | Much of it was junk and trash , awaiting collection by war . |
| 5 | Nicandra looked forward to Sunday mornings when she had a soft-boiled egg for breakfast — on weekdays it was porridge and milk , take it or leave it , sometimes fried bread , the fat not always bacon . |
| 6 | When once , it was horses and cart . |
| 7 | It was breakfast-time and Mother was smiling . |
| 8 | It had been all those things , it had started as all those things , but now it was work and love . |
| 9 | It was park and pheasant covert and partridge manor all the way . |
| 10 | In this perspective , it was industrialization and urbanization which triggered those processes and which led ultimately to a weakening of family ties , and especially ties with kin outside the so-called ‘ conjugal family ’ composed of a couple and their immature children ( Morgan , 1975 , ch. 2 ; Harris , 1983 , chs. 6–8 ) . |
| 11 | Hastings nurses gave her so much more food , it was Cow and Gate baby food . |
| 12 | But it was not just a question of the physical environment ; discipline was also integral to the control of the mental environment of individuals ; it was part and parcel of self-respect , self-control and perseverance , as well as the ability to shape the nature of one 's own existence . |
| 13 | The Sister Constance , who was the then the principal sister there she let us have the field so we got entertainment laid on we invited a celebrity , I think our first celebrity was erm I think it was Lord and Lady and then each time we had a different one , we had entertainment the whole time we started , about half past two and then we had entertainment until six then we had an interval then we had entertainment till twelve o'clock I even took my piano down onto the field so that we could have music . |
| 14 | It was bread and cheese . |
| 15 | It was PT and Drill , PT and Drill , over and over . |
| 16 | ROS : It was question and answer , all right . |
| 17 | And erm that , that , first of all it was lectures and helping , you did get er patients coming in . |
| 18 | And he construed from exchanges with others that though they might talk confidently about their childhood and adolescence , much of it was rumour and conjecture ; some of it pure fabrication . |
| 19 | As such it was prod and key to personal achievement and productivity . |
| 20 | She could n't move , even though she wanted to — it was heaven and hell being close again , even if they were enemies and the minutes were flying by , bringing their separation ever closer . |
| 21 | It was caesarism and science , fascism as a revolutionary corporate system of organization based on modern technology and a unified national purpose , which would renew the youth of European culture for Mosley . |
| 22 | They have been over the past few days erm usually it was chocolate and apricot . |
| 23 | It was generosity and wisdom I was after when I climbed up the steps to her small office which was set apart from the larger huts in the forest clearing . |
| 24 | It was lime and leather , she was thinking . |
| 25 | When it started to get busy on the course he went to the practice ground and then it was pitch and putt , chipping — a lot of practice with his short game . |
| 26 | IT WAS joy and despair for former West Ham stars Tony Cottee and Mark Ward as Everton scored a shock 3-2 win at Blackburn last night . |
| 27 | I started with substances like petrol , then it was acid and heroin . |
| 28 | I spoke I just rung up erm it was Highways and Transportation and |
| 29 | ‘ It was touch and go financially , ’ says Rudd . |
| 30 | It was touch and go . |