Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] it was [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the wall foundations had been totally removed it was possible to see their ghost in the place where they had been . |
| 2 | I 'm not suggesting it was malicious ; that was just the result . ’ |
| 3 | For one whose thoughts were normally disciplined it was disconcerting and humiliating to find how much he was creeping into them . |
| 4 | This conceded something to the Americans , though if Nato were seriously pressed it was evident that — short of surrender — nuclear weapons would have to be used in some way or other . |
| 5 | This is not to say it was quiet , for Hobbes published controversial Objections to Descartes 's Meditations ( 1641 ) , and was involved in acrimonious arguments with leading mathematicians about his attempts to square the circle . |
| 6 | My profession was so time-consuming it was hard to spend the proper amount of time with them . |
| 7 | The crest was so rounded it was impossible to pinpoint the exact position of the infamous La . |
| 8 | In his reply the Commons Leader said that he was now advised it was possible for a marriage to take place in the crypt chapel if the Archbishop of Canterbury provides a licence . |