Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] it [be] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Martin haycock says they had a terrific start and after that it was rythm rythm all the way
2 But all the time I 'd been attending the doctor I 'd been told , first of all it was gall stones
3 Apart from that it 's park benches and dark archways .
4 Apart from that it was jumble sales or what I got given .
5 Yet in 1840 it was Joseph Sturge , having emerged as the leading figure of one faction of abolitionists , who guided Clarkson to and from the platform ; Haydon 's picture represented an exclusion from full recognition in the movement of some elements , especially women , on ideological grounds , and in 1843 some abolitionists refused to attend the Convention , implicitly denying Sturge 's BFASS the right to claim the antislavery heritage .
6 In 1953 it was post war time , the docks working seven days a week .
7 In 1937 it 's Year Book reported :
8 Galloway was actively involved in the management of the business while it was expanding rapidly , but after it was formed into a limited company under the name of Galloway Ltd. in 1889 it was Charles John , the chairman and managing director , who effectively held the reins .
9 In 1889 , the miller was W. Butt , of Standish Court , although by 1897 it was Percival Prout , the Prout family by then living there .
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