Example sentences of "was [noun] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | All she had to do was stick it out until his return . |
| 2 | The fine for such an offence when this rule had been applied to the original directors of the House of Industry in 1794 was £20 it had now risen to £100 . |
| 3 | All he had to do was wind it up again to find the way out . |
| 4 | If this was delusion it was given a sense of realism in the immediate post-war world through the UK economy being clearly stronger than the economies of either Europe or Japan [ Barnett , 1972 ; Maddison , 1984 ] . |
| 5 | Peter Simpkins , who made the find , said : ‘ It showed up on a screen and all we had to do was dig it up . ’ |
| 6 | All I could do was dig it out . |
| 7 | Moreover , if there was maladministration it is of little consequence now in that the new regime established by the Financial Services Act of 1986 has rendered the DTI 's role in this matter redundant . |
| 8 | Thick , dark and naturally wavy as it was , all she had to do was twist it through an elasticated hairband and pin the resulting pony-tail into whatever shape pleased her at the moment . |
| 9 | If the explosive used was Semtex it would almost certainly be the biggest IRA bomb ever planted on the British mainland . |
| 10 | If there was laughter it was black , scornful , scathing . |
| 11 | So if it was wine it would have to be something special . |
| 12 | The image depressed him ; if that was heaven it was best left to the cherubim and seraphim who might be turned on by that sort of thing . |
| 13 | With Rufus it did to some extent come back again and all he could do was grind it down and soldier on . |
| 14 | Although Artai was Altun it was also clear — on the basis of a standard which was applied usually only at birth — that he exhibited a variety of mutant characteristics . |
| 15 | He was also very good at playing the ball down the line , bending it to keep it in play — and take play up to near their corner flag cos all the defender could do was kick it out ( then Vinny steps up : - ) |
| 16 | The Leeds defence has never looked as secure since they did away with the old back pass law — Whyte and Fairclough looked good because all they had to do was knock it back to big John . |
| 17 | The Leeds defence has never looked as secure since they did away with the old back pass law — Whyte and Fairclough looked good because all they had to do was knock it back to big John . |
| 18 | If that was plastic it would melt . |
| 19 | ‘ Darren has always had flair , all we had to do was control it . |
| 20 | Tina 's saying go on Mum , screen them up it was Kevin it 's Kevin |
| 21 | ‘ If it was mine it would be wondrous . |
| 22 | Where there was success it was claimed to be due to local outlets and relevant local knowledge . |
| 23 | Not so long ago the most that a motorist did with his car on Sunday was wash it . |
| 24 | If it was path it would point one five would n't it ? |
| 25 | Everybody seems to be nodding around here I thought it was Thursday it was was n't it ? |
| 26 | you know reduced price but never-the-less money new cooker gas hob removed because that was going U S and an electric hob put in the formica in the kitchen , if you remember when you first saw me , it was tiles it was n't formica , it was ghastly tiles and when Ned lifted all that out it was black with with rotten mould ! |
| 27 | And here was Margot it 's , it 's been called off , or it 's called off . |
| 28 | Now all the comrades had to do was produce it . |
| 29 | So the first thing I did was distil it down to seven pages of figures accompanied by seven pages of narrative , designed to make sure that the board was properly informed . |
| 30 | It fell ill , unknown to the family , and as it was mid-winter it crawled under a neighbour 's balcony to escape from the cold , where it expired . |