Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I knew it would be a race back to Stuart Street and I was pleased that it ended in an honourable draw . |
| 2 | well , I was disappointed when it showed the league table they were n't even in the top six , but they 're seventh , huh but there 's two , two teams above them have played one more game than them , but then |
| 3 | When I published this group , with an enormous amount of help from Philip Corder ( Webster , 1947 ) , I was confident that it fell well into the fourth century . |
| 4 | I had a ‘ Dutch boy ’ haircut when I was 13 and it made my face look really huge . |
| 5 | I never doubted what I was feeling , but I was shocked when it did n't fade over the years , and I went through phases of trying to convince myself that it was some sort of obsession , a perverse desire for the one woman I believed I could never have — or not in the way I wanted you , loving me as well as wanting me . ’ |
| 6 | In reflecting on the day , after Joy and Alan had gone home , I was surprised that it had seemed so unfrightening . |
| 7 | I was surprised as it looked so very old . |
| 8 | I was happy and it showed in my skating . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course I was terrified when it happened , ’ she recalls , ‘ but I 'm not the sort to be beaten . |
| 10 | They all knew each other and was laughing and kidding around and I was scared cos it smelt so bad and was so big and bright and I did n't know where I was . |
| 11 | So , having consistently been right about why and how the Tories would win , I was wrong when it came to the point . |
| 12 | Rory Scott says roguishly : ‘ She was very sexually attractive and the relationship was not a platonic one as far as I was concerned but it remained that way . |
| 13 | I realized I was hungry and it did n't matter . |
| 14 | Anyway , you were asleep when it happened but they might want to have a word , so — ’ |
| 15 | " You were upset and it seemed simpler to see you both together , but I will now give you information about all the bequests and tell you what I have arranged about probate and death duties . " |
| 16 | It was his nickname for her ; he had started calling her that when she was small and it had stuck even though she was now a respectable five-feet-seven . |
| 17 | But she was confused when it came to buying an off-the-peg suit for her 40th wedding anniversary party . |
| 18 | We done it for a laugh and because we were bored and it got out of hand . |
| 19 | we were lucky cos it did n't start to rain did it till we got back in the coach ? so that was well planned . |
| 20 | They say Mind presumed an inquiry would involve the families and those advising them and we were astonished when it did not . |
| 21 | ‘ Customers said it was great that we were open because it showed some normality in the town . ’ |
| 22 | They were adamant that it had been clear all along , they 'd suspected something from the start . |
| 23 | By opening night , they were ecstatic and it has to be said , the brightest , the best , and the most appreciative audience we 'd played to . |
| 24 | Oh well , it was nice while it lasted . " |
| 25 | Still , it was nice while it lasted . |
| 26 | Indeed , it was better than it had been for months . |
| 27 | It was better if it had never happened . |
| 28 | It was odd that it lay so far from the house . |
| 29 | It was rickety but it held . |
| 30 | It was sad when it died ; sad because of the memory of what it had been like when there was still hope . |