Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if it were possible for you to decide that one of these options , one to eight , were to suit your regular and usual purposes at these meetings for general discussion then that obviously would be both a saving in erm time and labour and is one of the reasons why one installs computerized equipment so that you do n't er then have to do it all manually as well . |
| 2 | I wish it were possible for you to come away with me . ’ |
| 3 | In the face of mounting pressure the British government at last sensed it was incumbent on them to act . |
| 4 | He began on a note of defiance : " If what is meant by that is that the President of the Republic has personally taken the decisions which it was incumbent upon him to take , that is entirely correct . " |
| 5 | It was not the only banquet taking place in Kinsai , but it was clearly the one at which the nobility of the Khanate of even the lowest degree had thought it was incumbent upon them to be seen . |
| 6 | ‘ It was nice of him to give you that bracelet . |
| 7 | It was nice of them to let me join in , they were very patient , but you could see they were itching for a good game and I 'm just hopeless . |
| 8 | She hesitated , and then said very sweetly to comfort him : ‘ And it was nice of you to think of my reputation . ’ |
| 9 | so there was nothing going to waste and it was nice for me because once we 'd said goodbye I just had ten minutes , quarter of hour drive home |
| 10 | I was particularly thrilled with the guys who scored the points for us on the final day , Mark James , Jose-Maria Olazabal , Jose-Maria Canizares , Ronan Rafferty and Christy O'Connor Jnr. , because in the case of Canizares , Ronan and Christy they had n't scored a point in the games they played and it was nice for them to take some of the glory . |
| 11 | He was n't a very good poet , I do n't think , but it was nice for him to see his poems printed for once . |
| 12 | It was boring for them and now they go out they spend some time er amongst each other and they have time to chat around . |
| 13 | It was fortunate for you that I never insisted on accompanying you . ’ |
| 14 | The immorality and authoritarianism of Nechaev , who organized the murder of one of his fellow conspirators to buttress his own authority ( 1869 ) , was no unfortunate perversion of the revolutionary ethic , it was integral to it . |
| 15 | It was right beside me ! |
| 16 | The more Renee Henry learnt about the therapy , the more she became convinced that it was right for her . |
| 17 | I knew it was right for him — this is where he learnt to join in and be like other children . |
| 18 | Schiller had pleaded , once again going through the many reasons why it was right for him to gain a seat on the council . |
| 19 | I just did n't feel it was right for me , not then — he was angry , disappointed in me — ’ |
| 20 | I explained that we men were ready to stay if the meeting felt it was right for us to do so . |
| 21 | ‘ It was rotten for them . |
| 22 | ‘ It was mean of me keeping it , and you could sell it to pay yer fare to Chertsey . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps it was due to her feeling adrift , but she appeared to have suffered a brainstorm . |
| 24 | If she did not eat it was due to her feeling nauseous because of her condition . |
| 25 | Well I I think its , the way that the plaintiff puts the case on that point my Lord is that even if the defendant Mr took the view er that it would not have been proper for such a notice to be served , in view of what the plaintiff was saying to him about his wish to get out of the contract , the fact that it was available to him should have been brought to his attention and then as Mr was saying that I sorry I do n't feel I can do this on your behalf because it 's not proper in the circumstances or whatever erm , should then have gone on to advise the plaintiff either to do it himself or to go and seek independent advice . |
| 26 | This figure does not , of course , take account of what you could earn on or do with your money if it was available to you . |
| 27 | She realised it was thoughtless of her to have rushed out and not said where she would be going , nor that she would n't want anything to eat . |
| 28 | It was illegal for him to enter into such an agreement . |
| 29 | It was illegal for him to enter into such an agreement . |
| 30 | It was presumptuous of me , but I had to know , and now I had the opportunity . |