Example sentences of "[coord] it was [adv] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 And it was mostly my fault that this happened .
2 In my American soap thing and it was anyway I think it 's called midnight .
3 there was one in the paper , there was a picture of it in the paper , and it , I 'm sure , it did say the old gate bridge , I 'm sure and it was nearly owt it was going over the bridge
4 ‘ I do n't know why , and I do n't know who — and it was probably nothing anyway ; I probably magnified it in my head out of all proportion . ’
5 If families like this one were on the wrong side in the Civil War , their property was sequestered by Parliament , but it appears that John Long petitioned to have it restored as his inheritance in 1650 , and it was probably he who built the present house .
6 The Kolowrat family gave money for the church as one of their family belonged to the Jesuit Order and it was here they chose to be buried .
7 Chapter 3 provides information on a variety of religious faiths , and it was here I found the text least satisfactory .
8 He went to school in Attleborough and it was here he developed what he considered a ‘ natural advantage ’ in sport .
9 When Mark Bright arrived on the Palace scene the following year the duo soon established a marvellously successful striking twosome and it was largely their goals which took the club to the promotion play-offs and a return to Division One in 1989 .
10 And it was well I I felt I need I 'll see tomorrow but
11 ‘ I spent nearly three seasons at Oakwell and it was just what I needed after City had killed my confidence , ’ said Beresford .
12 Her tone implied that he did n't , and it was just what she had intended .
13 And when I went into Do-it-all they had a wallpaper and bed linen , and it was just what I wanted !
14 I mean we had an example from the miner 's strike but that ha was happening far away in a sense and it was just something that you could support or yo you did n't support or you put a tin of beans in the box in Quix and that was what you did you know sort of And then actually faced with having to accept food from that people had given you in a way , it 's a very quite a difficult concept .
15 I should have taken the set back and demanded that the shop or manufacturer replace it , but in those days the attitude was that it was a privilege to buy something , and it was just your bad luck if it turned out to be faulty .
16 And it was just she was running with it !
17 And it was just me arm and me hand and me face that were were burnt and and at that the time I mean I was n't in any pain and I think there was more serious ones to be dealt with .
18 And it was hardly one which appealed to Emperor Bao Dai , no matter what one may have thought of his political maturity .
19 The idea of a sequel seemed odd , ‘ Harvest ’ was an LP he 'd badmouthed over the years , and it was hardly his style to go into the Mike Oldfield school of repackaging old product .
20 Yes I I do n't really want to respond to that other than to say that Bond End is d it 's still an extremely important consideration , it 's in the conservation area , it 's an important part of Knaresborough and it was obviously something that members had in mind when they they made their decision on on the relative merits .
21 ‘ He described the person he saw and it was obviously my father .
22 It would not be eaten — she had not the faintest illusion of that — but it would be looked on and smiled over and would bring back happy memories and it was all she could think of to signify her reborn affection .
23 He was striding fast up the hill , and it was all she could do to catch him up .
24 He took a step towards her , and it was all she could do not to back away .
25 He took a step towards her , and it was all she could do not to back away from the menacing look on his face .
26 Already her entire body seemed to be turning to fire and ice , and it was all she could do not to let her trembling knees fold , collapsing her at his feet like a rag doll — which was exactly where he probably imagined she should be .
27 ‘ Something like that , ’ she heard him say quietly , and it was all she could do to stop herself looking amazed .
28 She had made her own , to love him again , and it was all she could live with at the moment .
29 He took a couple of strides towards her , and it was all she could do not to cower away .
30 It was her own cottage and it was all she had to show for 20 years of marriage so , she reasoned , she might as well make it look as good as possible .
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