Example sentences of "and it was [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The littoral was well integrated into the market economy even before the beginning of British rule , and it was families from this area who were able to gain wealth through trade and other capitalist ventures when the cash economy expanded inland in the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | And it was works like these , where the kitchen table was strewn with the un-washed remains of breakfast , that helped to give the movement its name . |
| 3 | France 's regional structure , one of the glories of the Mitterrand years , quickly became government of the local bigwigs , for the local bigwigs , by the local bigwigs , and it was rage against patronage and pork-barrelling that led to the rejection vote in the French elections . |
| 4 | And it was money on the table . |
| 5 | And it was music to the drum major Gordon Parkes ' ears when the band was awarded the prestigious 30-year-old silver Drumming Trophy and Premium Championship shield . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Doctor seen it first , she thought I had pulled a hair and it was kind of septic |
| 8 | erm like you we read the first passage and it was kind of what 's what 's all this about if you was n't in the room and you did n't know what was being you have n't got a clue what was going on because it does n't tell you , but the rest of the sections that put down they do give a sort of brief analysis |
| 9 | But meanwhile the OK Corral continued , and it was keeper of her own wild troop of horses , whom she knew how to handle , unlike some of the sharpshooters and champions and wildmen exhibiting their prowess . |
| 10 | The degree and meaning of prostitution was an important issue in itself ( one estimate would have made prostitution the fourth largest female occupation ) but more important , given the double standard , was the reservoir of venereal disease especially syphilis , that it was perceived as constituting , a threat particularly to the efficiency of the armed services , and it was concern over this that led to the passing of the Contagious Diseases Acts ( in 1864 , 1866 , 1869 ) . |
| 11 | Drawing refreshed him as a long walk refreshed him , and it was part of the art of forgetting slights , frustrations , old wounds , so necessary if he was to survive and stay serene . |
| 12 | He liked comfort and it was part of his image . |
| 13 | He liked her uncertain and apprehensive ; it reinforced his power and it was part of the punishment . |
| 14 | She was being persecuted and it was part of a carefully laid plan . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Anyway , it was a lon , there 's a little restaurant in the road , and it was back of sort of erm Mar , if you wal , you crossed over and if you went through a little slip where it came , you came into this little arcade of shops where o , about in the road next to er |
| 17 | Lynne was just 15 and it was love at first sight . |
| 18 | They met at stage school 13 years ago and it was love at first sight . |
| 19 | They talk about how they met when Denise was 20 at a Kirkby Town Football Club disco and it was love at first sight . |
| 20 | Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them . |
| 21 | Like say last week me and Russell never got up before , oh my mother and father come to the house right and it was quarter past ten and we were still in bed and my father put the milk cos the , my milkman leaves my milk by the gate because , with the dog , he always used to leave the gate open so I used to let the dog out in the morning and the dog would go out so I said do n't put the milk by the door , leave it just , put it over the gate cos I like the gate left shut . |
| 22 | One classic er case that only occurred a few years ago and it was way before bonfire night , but erm , people working from home to try and make a little bit of pin money , a young lady had taken on the task of putting sparklers into five into a little bag for a particular manufacturer . |
| 23 | Its Sheffield rally had a whiff of Nuremburg triumphalism , and it was odds on that Ashdown would be waiting to learn on what terms he would be invited to support ‘ the unthinkable ’ . |
| 24 | And it was art on Monday . |
| 25 | And it was girls in school then that s s you know when you started talking about , Ooh what happened to me on the beach and that . |
| 26 | And it was lack of money that stopped them going away . |
| 27 | ‘ And it was Himmler behind the whole business , ’ Munro told him . |
| 28 | And it was centres like Huddersfield , whose main industries were mining , engineering and textiles , that suffered most . |
| 29 | The Dungarvan Leader once commended a candidate " with a record of achievement " in these revealing terms : " He has consistently fought in the Waterford County Council ( of which body he has been a member for many years ) for amenities for the town , and it was thanks to his representations that the long-suffering residents of the old road had a footpath provided in front of their homes to prevent flooding . |
| 30 | For instance , they discovered how useful honey was in the treatment of wounds and it was thanks to people 's participation that the best ways of applying it to particular kinds of wounds were developed . |