Example sentences of "it was [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it was round about a ha'penny a mile in those days . |
| 2 | It was over in a few seconds . |
| 3 | It was over in a matter of seconds . |
| 4 | It was over in a second , Barnett cannoned off the flattened front of the vehicle then tumbled down the road coming to rest in an inert heap . |
| 5 | Then it was on to a local botanical gardens to record the ‘ sound bites ’ . |
| 6 | it was on at a reasonable volume . |
| 7 | It was up on a height suppose . |
| 8 | Once the basic outline of the artist 's sketches were reproduced , it was up to a team of colourists , some obviously better than others , to colour the 200 or so copies of each plate . |
| 9 | The point is worth making that historically it was out of a background of theological wrangling by Brahmin priests over the nature of " Brahman " that the young prince , Gautama , rebelled exasperated and went on to seek — and to find — enlightenment elsewhere thus becoming the Buddha . |
| 10 | It was down to a miskick by City Manager , Russell Osman , but it was no more than Town deserved and Marwood took the chance brilliantly . |
| 11 | They managed to average 28 mph ; that 's some going , down the hill towards Welland they touched 60 , up the hill into Great Malvern it was down to a running pace . |
| 12 | Yet it was down to a collective lack of desire , which was the problem against Watford . ’ |
| 13 | I went to the Bluecoat School in Walsall and they erm they used to run a A T C wing in there which later to belonged to and they they brought this Hawker Demon in , which was a plane into the playground for the instruction of the A T C fellas and the kids all ripped the canvas off it for souvenirs and it was down to a skeleton in no time |
| 14 | Individual membership declined by a quarter — from 408 , 844 in 1939 to 304 , 124 in 1940 — and by the end of 1941 it was down by a further third — to 206 , 622 . |
| 15 | How , after such an accident , its limbs managed any speed at all was a miracle , but it was off at a pace that Marlin could n't hope to match . |
| 16 | So it was off to a wet and windy Heathrow Airport , a BA Super Shuttle to Glasgow , and a twenty minute road journey to the factory . |
| 17 | So it was off to a wet and windy Heathrow Airport , a BA Super Shuttle to Glasgow , and a twenty minute road journey to the factory . |