Example sentences of "[noun sg] it was [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is wrong because in the Chappy/Wallace partnership it was Wallace as the provider/space creater and Chappy as the main scorer . |
| 2 | Lucie began to look nervously around for fear it was part of an ambush by footpads . |
| 3 | After the sealing of the Treaty of Nonancourt it was time for Henry II to carry out the promise made at Winchester last September and deal with William and Vulgrin of Angoulême , Aimar of Limoges and the other defeated rebels . |
| 4 | The seniors did five laps and after one circuit it was Martin in the lead by six seconds . |
| 5 | At the Albert Hall it was bits of Eric Clapton 's band , Andy Fairweather Low and one of the Heartbreakers , with Katie Kissoon and Laura Niles sumptuously on the side . |
| 6 | Which had apparently been a a steam There had been a steam engine turning this er mill crushing mill and er er I remember there was a name in in this engine it was Queen of the Valley . |
| 7 | Christina Muir : ‘ Coming from a small boarding school evacuated and decimated by the war it was paradise to be with girls with intellectual interests . |
| 8 | At the Jamboree it was time for tea . |
| 9 | There can be little doubt that when Richard led his army to Dax it was part of a campaign intended to counter the northward expansion of Aragon . |
| 10 | Fade out , fade in : two years later the job in Bogotá comes up — actually the last occasion it was Australia for British Telecom — and the dreaded cancellation call has to be made . |
| 11 | After the fun and games of the Cheranganis it was time for something a bit more serious , so we headed for Mount Elgon , in the far west of the country , straddling the border between Kenya and Uganda . |
| 12 | That week it was Lawrence of Arabia . |
| 13 | However , on one 's first appearance in the office in the morning it was etiquette for all , even key holders , to enter through the front door and use the front staircase . |
| 14 | This morning it was starts from the state boat ; many a race has been won in the first hundred yards or so , and Oxford , as always , are coached and prepared for everything . |
| 15 | Meanwhile down at the Arts Centre it was music of a different kind with Melvyn Bragg , presenter of ITV 's South Bank Show . |
| 16 | And from the crown of the final bend it was murder in the Montjuic stadium as Gunnell first eased alongside the American , then left her for dead down the home straight . |
| 17 | And from the crown of the final bend it was murder in the Montjuic stadium as Gunnell first eased alongside the American , then left her for dead down the home straight . |
| 18 | In the airport building it was squares of a sort of shiny stone . |
| 19 | However , before he could redpoint the route it was stole by Peak District raider John Arran . |
| 20 | And so , in the end it was time for sherry at the Manor House . |
| 21 | At the end it was time for supper , which was almost as uneatable as the bed had been unsavoury . |
| 22 | Sport did n't have any priority at all in this kind of philosophy ; with Mum and Dad it was way down low on the list . |
| 23 | My morning sickness I had explained away as the bug starting and a lot of the time it was sickness at an evening meal . |
| 24 | Someone like James for , how long did that go on for , for about a month , when he could n't he stop talking about me all the time it was sort of like , you know , I like this , you know what I mean , he was talking |
| 25 | If Zen had survived more or less intact all this time it was thanks to the instinct that was telling him to leave now . |
| 26 | In fact it was papier-mache on which someone had done a skilful paint job . |