Example sentences of "it [was/were] [noun] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it 's not right , ’ said Lydia Horton , looking around the dreary little back-street surgery in the least attractive part of Oswaldston as if it were part of her grievance . |
| 2 | Therefore I am not able to suggest to you , and have n't been able to in my evidence which district even a new settlement er ought to go in , but I have to say that if it were part of your deliberations that you should choose a particular district , er then it is not part of my submission that you should not choose a particular district , but my bottom line is that the policy wording should at least ensure that there is commitment to a new settlement and it is inescapable on behalf of the district planning authorities , the last thing that we would want is the possibility of going round the districts , and the last one to produce a district wide plan is the one that has to get the new settlement , that seems to be a gen , fairly unsatisfactory way of proceeding , and each one should have to consider that as part of their certification process . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by civilised preliminaries such as visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners . |
| 7 | It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners |
| 8 | It was pride in his beauty that was his undoing ! ’ |
| 9 | It was part of its essence that it should be frustrated . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Oh , yes , yes , but there there was certainly a time when , er universities , schools and even business companies , thought that it was part of their erm , their way of supporting society in general , that they gave time to go out and give talks . |
| 12 | It was part of their Combined Cadet Force training at the exclusive public school . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was part of her spirited nature . |
| 17 | If Gilbert thought it was part of her duty to track down Amy or help her in any way , then she would do so . |
| 18 | Someone was shaking her violently , shouting at her , and at first she thought it was part of her nightmare . |
| 19 | As a member of the editorial collective of Fem Sap , it was part of her job to commission occasional articles . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It was part of my family . |
| 22 | It was part of my job to give them a crash course . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I was famous at 18 so knew early on that it was part of my job description . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I guessed it was part of your plot to steer me right away from Rob — in case I corrupt him . ’ |
| 27 | He knows the place well — it was part of his Foreign Office brief three years ago — and he impressed people there with his sympathetic views . |
| 28 | He gave her the money then , and said it was part of his retainer for the season . ’ |
| 29 | Later , I saw it was part of his fear : if I had the means to escape , perhaps I would use it ? |
| 30 | He liked comfort and it was part of his image . |