Example sentences of "it was [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was part of my family . |
| 32 | It was part of my job to give them a crash course . |
| 33 | It was part of my planning to use this day to catch up with the vast mound of paperwork , documentation of seizures and reports , which always accumulates after a successful revenue operation . |
| 34 | I was famous at 18 so knew early on that it was part of my job description . ’ |
| 35 | Anyway , it was part of your task to appear interested in a woman who , if not boring , was lonely and — ’ she gave a high-pitched mirthless laugh — ‘ shall we say , slightly unbalanced — so as to find out … well , whatever it was that you were enquiring into . |
| 36 | I guessed it was part of your plot to steer me right away from Rob — in case I corrupt him . ’ |
| 37 | It was part of it . |
| 38 | He knows the place well — it was part of his Foreign Office brief three years ago — and he impressed people there with his sympathetic views . |
| 39 | He gave her the money then , and said it was part of his retainer for the season . ’ |
| 40 | Later , I saw it was part of his fear : if I had the means to escape , perhaps I would use it ? |
| 41 | He liked comfort and it was part of his image . |
| 42 | It came at him again , and he could just make out that it was part of his bunk , one of the side panels . |
| 43 | Suddenly his status as a student was no longer something to be concealed , it was part of his consciousness . |
| 44 | Art could not speak , he had become so used to meeting Daphne for lunch once a week , it was part of his life , he felt shocked , strange , bereft . |
| 45 | It is a pity ; for it was commentators of his stature , followed by journalists of no stature , who promoted an excessive negative emphasis on Leonard which was out of balance with his work as a whole . |
| 46 | It was air into which farts and old food odours had been released , but which was completely inert , as though in some way lacking ions or ozone , because the air conditioner had not worked for years and the windows were sealed . |
| 47 | Henry II , moreover , had performed homage while King and although it was homage for his continental possessions and not for his kingdom , this was a step to which none of his predecessors as Kings of England had ever steeled themselves . |
| 48 | No it was n't just eggs though it was erm like salads and there was steak , you could have one meal a day , right , but it was eggs for your breakfast , eggs for your dinner , your lunch |
| 49 | In fact it was papier-mache on which someone had done a skilful paint job . |
| 50 | ‘ I think it was agony for her often , the balance between No 1 and No 2 . |
| 51 | It was agony to him to dismiss her . |
| 52 | Yeah , yeah was kind , it was kind of them , yes and we went all round the shops and er I thoroughly enjoyed it and in the new Co-Op as well you know , I thoroughly enjoyed it but he took me in the car so that we did n't have to hang about you see |
| 53 | erm like you we read the first passage and it was kind of what 's what 's all this about if you was n't in the room and you did n't know what was being you have n't got a clue what was going on because it does n't tell you , but the rest of the sections that put down they do give a sort of brief analysis |
| 54 | I really wanted to help them out and pointed them in the direction of Red Rhino and it was kind of their idea to put them out on Reception . |
| 55 | right so it was kind of it was a religious accusation . |
| 56 | Probably because most of us were n't really , well , quite a few of us anyway were n't thinking about sex at that time , so I suppose it was kind of you know , you just started |
| 57 | He could remember them discussing it over the ironing and himself on the floor playing with his soldiers behind the sofa and keeping very quiet about it because it was way past his bedtime . |
| 58 | I had really long hair once , it was way past my bum and when I got my first record deal they wanted me to have it all cut off — it was a total disaster . |
| 59 | I ca n't deny a lot of it was way over my head . ’ |
| 60 | Tabitha , turning involuntarily , knew it was Saskia by her moustache . |