Example sentences of "it was a [noun] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Terrible as it sounds , you did n't want to be associated with that deprivation It was a downer You wanted out There was no question of not liking blacks , it was a question of social standing . |
| 2 | I daresay it 's dull , being tied to a house and young children , but it was a life you chose , after all , you were so eager to rush into it that you did n't even take your degree . ’ |
| 3 | We reached Mandalay and I went straight to the Winchester Mission where dear Willie Garrad looked shocked to see me and said in a scandalised voice , ‘ Oh , but you ca n't possibly stay here ’ — it was a Brotherhood you see ! |
| 4 | I think er she said some of it was a bit you know slow and dragging for them |
| 5 | It was a , it was a relationship you know ? |
| 6 | Yes , there he goes yes it was a Thrush You must come and try and hear the nightingale 's again again , you have n't |
| 7 | They just put it on you see with a brush and it was a paste you see , all over the coach , and then they had a hose and they washed all that X mover off you see , the X mover was an acid and it ate into the you see , bodywork . |
| 8 | Flora said , ‘ It was a pity you did n't take that job . ’ |
| 9 | Well that 's cos it was a van you see . |
| 10 | She was worried about giving over her independence ; it was a token you know ? |
| 11 | Er but we enjoyed it again it was sixpence and it was a morning you 'd been doing something and that was it . |
| 12 | Life is a gamble , at terrible odds — if it was a bet you would n't take it . |
| 13 | And everyone was saying well it was a shame you 've got this far . |
| 14 | So sometimes I wallop it in , sometime the the other one would stick his finger through the hole , and the riveter would be dying to be hitting it back he thought it was a drift you know . |
| 15 | It was a cake you never got in England , because there the milk did not have to be boiled and so you could never collect a bowlful of creamy skin from successive goes . |
| 16 | The parlour door went straight onto the street , because it was a terrace you see and you go into the into the front room here and you have another door into the next room and another door into the scullery at the back . |