Example sentences of "it was a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that the Arts Centre , which I was very much involved with in erm Berkshire in Southfield Park , it , too , was situated slightly out of the centre of the town , with large ground area around it and it was a problem trying to work out how to capitalize on that considerable asset . |
| 2 | And it was a problem finding a ledger system which could meet this need as well as Excel , as Mr Nabakov explains : ‘ Typically , many of the accounting systems are unable to handle this , and only offer 12 or 13 reporting periods . |
| 3 | It was a problem to get the camera set up , because I had two classes , one before the other , I had to think about putting it up there and the set up . |
| 4 | It was a tune to give them heart and remind them that they were not alone in their suffering . |
| 5 | It was a return to form for The Smiths as a single band , especially when the extra track on the 12 inch , ‘ Half A Person ’ , was taken into account . |
| 6 | I think , she remembered , as he walked a little behind her , it was a title received for some public work or other … . |
| 7 | It was a triumph to see the Grand National from so many angles — far better than being there — to have the camera on the winning boat , to watch the two FA Cup semi-finals , one after the other , and to round off the day with Nigel Mansell 's win in the Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 8 | It was a treat compared with these bloody windswept moors , the biting winds and fog ! ’ |
| 9 | It was a nuisance having a working day split in two , but on the whole the job suited her quite well . |
| 10 | He praised the performance of 18-year-old Grant Watts , scorer of Palace 's first goal in a shock 2-1 win , and said : ‘ It was a night to enjoy after all the trouble we 've been having this season . |
| 11 | It was a night to remember . |
| 12 | For the villagers it was a night to remember . |
| 13 | When we came up to see it well it was a brand spanking new |
| 14 | But he added : ‘ It was a contract signed by George Curtis and the previous chairman . |
| 15 | As Patrick 's a very big boy it was a chore heaving him up and down . |
| 16 | His reasoning , as ever practical , was that it was a chore having to empty the thing , and if one had a second , it would be unnecessary . |
| 17 | It was a tone compelling difficulties to be faced and not evaded . |
| 18 | It was a shock to see the bare evidence of what that kind of captivity could do to a man , and feel the sense of despair at what he had lost . |
| 19 | Your article on the Zambian food riots was accurate ( NI 189 ) : I have just returned from visiting friends who live on the Zambian Copperbelt and it was a shock to compare the well-provisioned tourist hotels with the half-empty shops in the city of Ndola . |
| 20 | Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform . |
| 21 | ‘ At first , it was a shock calling Abi ‘ my wife ’ . |
| 22 | It was a shock to read that Gubby attributed his birthplace as being a house built by his father in Victoria Road , Bellevue Hill , another suburb of Sydney . |
| 23 | It was a shock realizing she knew almost nothing of Midnight ; all the worse because she 'd let herself begin to depend on him . |
| 24 | But it was a shock to hear the exact tone of bitter resentment that I had heard so often in England and felt so often myself . |
| 25 | It was a shock to discover that Peter was so different from the way she had imagined . |
| 26 | It was a cavity made by the tumbling together of several large boulders , and roofed by the encroaching undergrowth . |
| 27 | Perhaps it was a tiredness resulting from the previous 14 pitches , but I could see no way of free climbing it at less than E5 , and I was n't good enough for that , not now . |
| 28 | But if it was a kid involved , I mean , well you would would n't you ? |
| 29 | ‘ I told Doone it was a kid playing Robin Hood . ’ |
| 30 | While it appears beyond dispute that ‘ a massive immigration and a strong economic upsurge ( meant that ) all sections of the economy profited from this growth ’ , Paris nevertheless remained during the whole of the period an area in which ‘ hand industry ’ predominated ; it was a capital associated with the production of articles of high fashion and luxury goods rather than a centre of heavy industry . |