Example sentences of "it was [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took , it was nine pound we thought , lot of money in those days for careless driving ! |
| 2 | I mean it was a bit loud because it was live music I suppose but it was n't a bad night . |
| 3 | So it was one day you made the decision and you stuck with it ? |
| 4 | And it was good whisky they got was too new made you see . |
| 5 | Sunnyside Road , and erm , it were it was good accommodation we had our own bathroom and toilet er but again accommodation was cramped , we had no spare room |
| 6 | So yeah do n't , you do n't need the nought there but it was good thinking you put it in , putting it in . |
| 7 | Mostly it was hot chocolate she made , warming the milk in a saucepan on the stove before mixing it . |
| 8 | It was long day you know . |
| 9 | And she used to go with the district nurses a lot to er to treat different people specially a long time I remember erm a young man erm h he had er I think it was cerebral palsy he had and er he was so fed up with himself he threw paraffin over himself and er set light you know on the top of the stairs and threw himself down . |
| 10 | ‘ If you 're — uh — gay , as they insist on calling it these days , then I 'll just have to accept it , but I shall always blame myself , always wonder where I went wrong with you , wonder whether it was that school I sent you to , I was never sure if it was a mistake or ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps it was that bump we went over , ’ said Bob hesitantly . |
| 12 | I felt well bloody marvellous , you now , i it was that imperative it had got ta be done , you ca n't have time o no I 'm sorry you ca n't ! |
| 13 | ‘ It was that woman you sent . ’ |
| 14 | Turning to face Luce , his hands thrust into the pockets of his beige trousers , he went on , ‘ Last year I decided it was high time I had a wife and family . |
| 15 | And while I continued to make my contribution , I really did feel it was high time I started looking out for number one . |
| 16 | He was twenty-one — a man — and it was high time he started living his life to the full . |
| 17 | She 'd been here four days and it was high time she wrote to him . |
| 18 | It was high time she got down to serious thought about her doctorate . |
| 19 | And it was high time she retired . |
| 20 | And if it was bad weather he 'd to take them home again . |
| 21 | It was some music he 'd never heard before , but he turned it up loud anyway and took a deep breath and settled back into his seat . |
| 22 | They said it was some illness he had when he was young . |
| 23 | As I said , Gifford Tate and he were buddies , and it was some argument they had about colours . |
| 24 | But the Frenchman was murmuring to him , a quick flow of English mixed with French , about nothing much , but Miranda could tell it was some business they had together . |
| 25 | Khor , he said it was some guy they know in Spiderglass itself — you know , they pay him and he sneaks out and does it right here . |
| 26 | It was this guy I met in a cafe . |
| 27 | It 's colder than it was this morning I think . |
| 28 | And it was this background you see that er that er th th that gave me at least the need for to play some some part in |
| 29 | And I looked out the window , I could n't see anybody next thing a car moved off so whether it was same crowd I do n't |
| 30 | She said how long er it was last time you cut your hair , I said five months and she said aah it 's a lot . |