Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [conj] it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had just published in the New English Weekly ( 28 November ) a poem called ‘ Lines for an Old Man ’ ( to which he added a couplet when it was included in Collected Poems ) . |
| 2 | SELECTING jurors is ‘ a lottery within a lottery ’ and can be unfair to the administration of justice , an Old Bailey judge said yesterday , as he fined a man £100 for failing to turn up for jury service on the second day of a trial because it was ‘ not his scene ’ . |
| 3 | He says he needed a cup of coffee and a sit-down after it was all over . |
| 4 | Well he , he appreciated at the previous table show on the sixth of October and that was a case when it was always you know , because Danny only told me on that night that he could come . |
| 5 | Was n't there a case when it was right ? |
| 6 | Yeah it was a bit but it was alright cos there were n't many people there . |
| 7 | When told that Amnesty International had made a radical new departure in the choice of his successor , a decision that it was hoped would be regarded as courageous , Ian 's response was to nod . |
| 8 | Even if the accident does not seem serious at the time , but you think it might have some ill-effect in the future you should apply to the DSS for a decision that it was an industrial accident . |
| 9 | Which means , that at the end of the day , before reaching your final decision , you must hear what people are saying , and so you ca n't take a decision as it were , a final decision about a closure , and then go out to consultation . |
| 10 | Their Lordships are unable to agree with the Court of Appeal that the judge was not entitled to make a finding that it was a material fact that the Perot family were interested in buying Vertigo as well as Caliban . |
| 11 | BR did not lodge a defence until it was too late and judgement had been made . |
| 12 | I 'm almost certain I would never have been a writer if it was n't for the Moroneys . |
| 13 | On one ship passengers dared to open the windows of a saloon because it was rather stuffy . |
| 14 | She might make a concession if it was a special occasion but otherwise she had more important things on her mind . |
| 15 | Come on people : How many of you would turn down such a contract if it were offered to you . |
| 16 | Doctor seen it first , she thought I had pulled a hair and it was kind of septic |
| 17 | It was as big as a settee but it was dead quiet . |
| 18 | American and British reviewers gave the film a thumbs-down when it was released at the end of 1972 . |
| 19 | Many objections were voiced against the proposed deal which caused such a storm that it was dropped within days of the news breaking . |
| 20 | The current governor ran into a storm when it was revealed he had received a 17% pay increase in 1991 . |
| 21 | But parents also had a responsibility and it was too easy to direct demanding children towards the TV screen . |
| 22 | ‘ And oh , what a coincidence that it was to the same part of the country ! ’ she butted in sarcastically . |
| 23 | Christine produced a new order form for the Lent Studies booklet and fliers for the Preparation Day on 30th January to be held in Dunblane Cathedral Hall , for which she would arrange tea , coffee , and a bookstall where it was hoped to have copies of the books mentioned as background reading for the Lent study . |
| 24 | I s a cos I bought him a calculator but it was primarily for |
| 25 | ‘ His agent was sent a script and it was turned down . |
| 26 | Diane 37 broke her neck in a fall from a horse and it was feared she might never walk again . |
| 27 | She motioned Jenna to a seat and it was clear that her initial diffidence was now controlled . |
| 28 | For his contempt in abetting such an action his temporalities were distrained until he did prefer the royal clerk — such a humiliation that it was said to have occasioned his death . |
| 29 | A second after Perdita fell asleep , it seemed Luke was banging on the door telling her to get up and to wear a sweater as it was cold first thing . |
| 30 | He is everywhere , doing good things from building houses for the poor , helping farmers in Africa raise better crops and fight disease , to monitoring Panamanian elections , which he declared a fraud before it was officially agreed , and generally promoting peace and justice around the world . |