Example sentences of "it was [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How gorgeous it was to be alive ! |
| 2 | She closed the door behind her and joined him on the pavement and as she took several breaths of the crisp October air she suddenly felt how good it was to be alive . |
| 3 | She was surprised to find how easy it was to be passive . |
| 4 | Brought up in Vienna when anti-semitism was rife , Peter Hugh Granby ( Peter Hugo Guensburger ) knew what it was to be self-reliant : |
| 5 | Well it was to be helpful to the er to Mr and Scotton Parish Council that what what I was saying was , we were n't relying on the key diagram to justify at some future date , it being an outer northern relief road , that decision would have to be defended at future enquiry . |
| 6 | Ironically , it was to be Iranian offensives in the south that triggered the developments which brought the inland war close to an end , with Iraq holding the advantage . |
| 7 | It was to be autonomous , and to direct its own programme of work . |
| 8 | that I have downstairs , because it 's , if it was to be computerized , it would be a massive great bloody great volume |
| 9 | It was to be topical and polemical , and among other things a direct challenge to Fathers and Children . |
| 10 | Clearly , if it was to be successful in redistributing work , those who controlled the market should be excluded completely or relatively . |
| 11 | It was to be fond farewells all round . |
| 12 | Oh yes they told us it was to be underground oil storage . |
| 13 | for Maxse , Bridgeman , and the great majority of Conservatives between 1906 and 1910 , the party , if it was to be popular , needed to embrace tariff reform and the gamut of policies with which it was linked , such as social reform and land reform . |
| 14 | Today it was to be local aerobatics ; the war in Europe may have ended , but he was eagerly hoping for a posting to the Pacific Theatre . |
| 15 | It was strange how difficult it was to be alone , especially as no one was anxious to be with me . |
| 16 | He had just nodded his head , and then returned to the talk about the social evening , and how difficult it was to be safe with prawns , and he had wanted to know if Dan and his lady would be coming to the Service 's New Year 's Eve party . |
| 17 | The paper was to be open and frank on political as well as personal issues ; it was to be investigative and campaigning , internationalist , but also accessible , and radical but clearly independent of any political current or party . ’ |
| 18 | Over a five-year period Kiselev transformed the administration of the lands between the Pruth and the Danube to such an extent that it was to be hard , thereafter , for the sultan or outsiders to prevent the eventual emergence of an independent Romania . |
| 19 | that intrigued me because it did n't seem to me that it was to be eligible |
| 20 | Dot thought how strange it was to be able to recognize a person 's dog even when the person was n't there , and then to know the dog 's name . |
| 21 | Hilary Wainwright did begin to raise such questions in stating that truly radical television would have to address the needs of its audience if it was to be able to ‘ imagine the real messy , [ business of socialism ] ’ . |
| 22 | Again Jennie stressed how important it was to be able to use the hand and leg independently . |
| 23 | How essential it was to be able to work , and to be blessed with the will to work . |
| 24 | Mildred leapt to the floor and sat there for a moment , reflecting how nice it was to be able to jump such an amazing distance without getting hurt . |
| 25 | How wonderful it was to be able to stop a car on impulse and bathe in a pool of crystal-clear water ! |
| 26 | How nice it was to be able to use all of the pedestrian walkways and see the beauty of them just as the planners visualised . |
| 27 | On July 1st he was writing to say that he was back at the studio , and how delightful it was to be free of catheters , bougies , and syringes . |
| 28 | How marvellous it was to be free ; how appalling it would have been to have had to wash some man 's socks and cope with his whingeing children . |