Example sentences of "it was [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could nt tell if it was Soton fans joining in the appreciation , or just Leeds fans everywhere . |
| 2 | and it was money prizes but they took , they were looking for things to take marks off cos all the other schools doing it were state schools |
| 3 | Oh I thought it was water problems . |
| 4 | Say it was sewage farms that 's |
| 5 | Their behaviour in Brazil was , however , complicated by the monetary authorities and policies of their home government — primarily , that of the United States since it was US banks who had taken the lead and were therefore the most exposed ( Frieden , 1987 ; Nunnenkamp , 1986 ) . |
| 6 | And exhibitors were under increasing pressure from American practices designed to ensure it was US pictures which British audiences saw . |
| 7 | IT was Maria Callas who , a generation ago , singlehandedly dragged Cherubini 's Medea back into the 20th century repertory . |
| 8 | IT WAS Maria Callas who , a generation ago , singlehandedly dragged Cherubini 's Medea back into the 20th century repertory . |
| 9 | so if you do it say , if , if it was exchange contracts today |
| 10 | Had it have been yesterday it was plum puddings cos they |
| 11 | As the man with some previous experience of CAA hearings , it was Randolph Fields who arrived at Civil Aviation House in Kingsway , London , on the first day of the hearing to present the case for the newly inaugurated Virgin Atlantic Airways . |
| 12 | But all the time I 'd been attending the doctor I 'd been told , first of all it was gall stones |
| 13 | It was n't musicians making music , it was computer operators . |
| 14 | First of all , it was Bren Gunners on Tramp Steamers , then Raiding Parties in the Arctic . |
| 15 | It was Israel Hands and the man in the red cap , now locked in battle , each with a hand round the other 's neck . |
| 16 | du during this during , before the war , it was trolley buses ? |
| 17 | Well , it was starvation years , actually . |
| 18 | As British companies began to feel the pinch , it was ad campaigns which felt the finance director 's scalpel first ( the Saatchi-owned , media-buying organisation , Zenith , which bulk-buys TV slots predicts a real-term fall of 3.5% in revenues over the next year ) . |
| 19 | It was winter sports , for heaven 's sake , not an in-depth seminar on personal relationships ! |
| 20 | If anyone was a source of embarrassment to the BBBC because of this rule , it was Larry Gains who was born in Toronto in 1900 and moved to England rather late in his boxing career when 30 years old . |
| 21 | ooh , they were n't there alright , I thought they were just out of order cos it was road repairs and a policeman was supposed to be on duty because it was this great big wide Upper Parliament Street , and going across it , if I look at Liverpool |
| 22 | It was holiday snaps of Wyatt with a naked Bea which angered Andrew and eventually brought about the Yorks ' tragicomic separation . |
| 23 | And the , the , the laugh I had was er , the last time they were advertising for spoolers they , you had to have I think it was O levels or something , |
| 24 | Strangely enough , it was Factory Records who were reported to be the front runners , but these rumours were strongly denied by Factory . |
| 25 | It was Switchboard volunteers who eventually organized the first London public conference on AIDS . |
| 26 | It was royal troops who drove out Poles , Swedes , Turks , and Frenchmen ; it was government forces which kept the serf in his place . |
| 27 | Although the petitioners realised that it was government policies which were responsible for the impoverishment of the masses , the movement did not oppose government , it appealed to it for improvements . |
| 28 | They say it was Quatro Flats . ’ |
| 29 | With staffing already cut to the bone , it was union members who would suffer the effects of these new redundancies , which would also be felt by the economy . |
| 30 | Well anyway it was coal tokens |