Example sentences of "it was [noun] [prep] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is pleasing that there is a large degree of support for the Southern fire station as I said it was music to my ears . |
| 2 | It was music to our ears in a hospital staffed by women from both sides of the great Christian divide , and men of that ilk also . |
| 3 | Course , it was horses in them days , not motorcars . |
| 4 | It was pride in his beauty that was his undoing ! ’ |
| 5 | It was part of its essence that it should be frustrated . |
| 6 | Well it was part of their course I think , I , they did n't they paid the full cost of it , they contributed a bit , but I think Colin stood |
| 7 | I 've had erm on two separate Sundays I 've had volunteers to come and help but and my son-in-law made a silt trap , and the Water Board erm made the sluice gate , because it goes into their stream , and it was part of their responsibility . |
| 8 | I mean er and as I say you had everything erm when er I wanted coal I mean you had coal erm because after my husband ceased at the pit , er that ceased because , cos miners always had coal as part of their er it was part of their wages you see . |
| 9 | Someone was shaking her violently , shouting at her , and at first she thought it was part of her nightmare . |
| 10 | If Gilbert thought it was part of her duty to track down Amy or help her in any way , then she would do so . |
| 11 | It was part of her prize — along with £1,000-worth of dresses for her four bridesmaids and another £1,000-worth of Young 's clothes hire for husband Paul Wrigley and his attendants . |
| 12 | As a member of the editorial collective of Fem Sap , it was part of her job to commission occasional articles . |
| 13 | In 1988 a visiting colleague from the Royal Ulster Constabulary asked if it was part of my role in Systems Development Department to comment on such essays . |
| 14 | It was part of my family . |
| 15 | It was part of my job to give them a crash course . |
| 16 | I was famous at 18 so knew early on that it was part of my job description . ’ |
| 17 | It was part of my planning to use this day to catch up with the vast mound of paperwork , documentation of seizures and reports , which always accumulates after a successful revenue operation . |
| 18 | I guessed it was part of your plot to steer me right away from Rob — in case I corrupt him . ’ |
| 19 | Anyway , it was part of your task to appear interested in a woman who , if not boring , was lonely and — ’ she gave a high-pitched mirthless laugh — ‘ shall we say , slightly unbalanced — so as to find out … well , whatever it was that you were enquiring into . |
| 20 | He gave her the money then , and said it was part of his retainer for the season . ’ |
| 21 | Art could not speak , he had become so used to meeting Daphne for lunch once a week , it was part of his life , he felt shocked , strange , bereft . |
| 22 | It came at him again , and he could just make out that it was part of his bunk , one of the side panels . |
| 23 | Later , I saw it was part of his fear : if I had the means to escape , perhaps I would use it ? |
| 24 | Suddenly his status as a student was no longer something to be concealed , it was part of his consciousness . |
| 25 | He liked comfort and it was part of his image . |
| 26 | It is a pity ; for it was commentators of his stature , followed by journalists of no stature , who promoted an excessive negative emphasis on Leonard which was out of balance with his work as a whole . |
| 27 | No it was n't just eggs though it was erm like salads and there was steak , you could have one meal a day , right , but it was eggs for your breakfast , eggs for your dinner , your lunch |
| 28 | I really wanted to help them out and pointed them in the direction of Red Rhino and it was kind of their idea to put them out on Reception . |
| 29 | He could remember them discussing it over the ironing and himself on the floor playing with his soldiers behind the sofa and keeping very quiet about it because it was way past his bedtime . |
| 30 | I had really long hair once , it was way past my bum and when I got my first record deal they wanted me to have it all cut off — it was a total disaster . |