Example sentences of "it [was/were] a [noun] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are frustrated that London Weighting has consistently been used as if it were a concession to our demands . |
| 2 | They are fighting for their enslavement as if it were a question of their salvation . |
| 3 | Although the majority of scientists tend to be a little coy about metaphysical matters in their professional publications , they are often less so outside when writing elsewhere , being prone to describe the framework of presuppositions about perception within which they conduct their investigations as if it were a discovery in its own right and that ‘ discovery ’ an explanation of perception . |
| 4 | Just as some moonstruck Juliet would if it were a picture of her other-side-of-the-world Romeo . |
| 5 | It was a translation of our novel Ararat : his specialism is Armenian history , you see . ’ |
| 6 | Ideologically , it was a return to his roots — to his obsession with the innate hostility of what he called " les féodalités " ( political parties , trade unions , special interest groups ) towards the state . |
| 7 | The man was a raving sadist , she thought , and then realised it was a requirement of his job . |
| 8 | It was a mark of her artistic intelligence and independence that she did not choose to dish up a pot-pourri of well tried favourites for the occasion , drawing attention to herself rather than the music . |
| 9 | ALTHOUGH this match was largely devoid of running rugby , it was a classic of its type , the spectators held captivated by the tense battle . |
| 10 | They seemed to feel it was a threat to their virility . ’ |
| 11 | It was a continuation of her misguided perception that she was a world power and had to protect her Commonwealth and maintain an independent presence in the world . |
| 12 | It was a ghostly hand holding a lighted candle , and the luckless man who beheld it knew that it was a portent of his death . |
| 13 | It was a present to your mother from my father , on the day of our wedding . |
| 14 | It was a present from his mum … hours later Les , 17 , and his 3 mates were dead |
| 15 | ‘ It was a present from my mother . ’ |
| 16 | Then driving to the house in Donegal in her pea-green Polo Fox ( ‘ I did n't choose the colour , it was a present from my daddy ’ ) she admitted , with amusement , she did not have a real idea what Parr did , and did not care a jot . |
| 17 | I yelled … it came out as a croak only but it was a yell in my mind … |
| 18 | Wilkinson was reluctant to get involved in the controversy but countered : ‘ It was a goal from my head . ’ |
| 19 | It was a celebration of their talents because , by being confined — so to speak — to those steps which they most enjoyed and thus performed best , they positively sparkled . |
| 20 | Well , it was a celebration of his life , was n't it ? |
| 21 | We had organised this before we left England and so it was a test of our planning skills . |
| 22 | He had heard so much about it from the Queen Mother — who as a child had been there every year — and from so many other people that he had felt it was a part of his education that was sorely lacking . |
| 23 | It was a part of his creed never to give way to these emotions . |
| 24 | It was a dimension to their play Forest could never match . |
| 25 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 26 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 27 | It was a sign of their anxiety that no one noticed this strong language despite the presence of ladies . |
| 28 | His embarrassment flattered her , because it was a sign of his bewildered love , but it irritated her even more , because it testified to his immaturity ; going with a boy the same age seemed like lowering oneself : she was only interested in older boys . |
| 29 | It was a sign of his distress that he did n't care what it cost , had n't even looked to see the list of seat prices posted up by the side of the window . |
| 30 | It is unlikely that any of us could remember the first time we saw our own reflection ( mirrors often form part of toys aimed at very small babies , such as activity mats or cot toys , and there are , of course , lakes , kettles and other possibilities for reflection ) ; what is likely is that it was a member of our family ( probably our mother ) who told us : ‘ That 's you , that 's what you look like ’ . |