Example sentences of "it was [noun] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I cut my wrists it was night and I made no attempt to get the staff . |
| 2 | It was May and I vowed that I 'd be 8 ½ stone by Christmas . |
| 3 | But I 'd bought the wrong weedkiller , it was Tumbleweed and I found out later it 's only lethal to tropical fish , apparently I should have bought pathklear which is much stronger . |
| 4 | It was lunchtime so I bought a packet of Jaffa Cakes and more lager , which I drank while waiting for the ferry to start boarding . |
| 5 | Naturally I was very keen to get back into cutter activities as soon as possible , but it was year before I managed to establish myself into cutter crewing duties once more . |
| 6 | Now it was Marvelon and I put you on |
| 7 | Now it was Marvelon and I put you on |
| 8 | It was January before I came back . |
| 9 | I started using one hand and it was ages before I learnt to use two . |
| 10 | And of course it was ages before I knew she meant bruise . |
| 11 | There was a notice and it was Monday and I said , you know , what was it ? |
| 12 | ‘ It was hell when I discovered you 'd left that morning without saying anything to me , not even an angry goodbye ! |
| 13 | because it was Tuesday so I had to have next choose the following weeks ' . |
| 14 | ‘ It was years before I realised it was even common parlance , ’ Kenneth said , still staring out to the loch . |
| 15 | It was years before I worked out that he was n't talking about the cream buns . |
| 16 | Then they said well and then I realised that it was Fennite and I 'd heard of that |
| 17 | After I woke up , it was days before I needed to eat or drink anything again . ’ |
| 18 | It was daylight when I woke up . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't come in because it was science and I do n't like it . ’ |