Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just a place where she had been left , and as she grew out of infancy she knew that it was her mother who had left her there . |
| 2 | Amid a buzz of excitement I heard that it was ‘ one of old Maurice 's hits ’ , and I pushed my way through the crowd just in time to see another ball sail up into the sky towards the Castle . |
| 3 | But , of course , it was n't my fault that my mother was pregnant and yet for years I felt that it was . |
| 4 | That night as I lay in bed I prayed that it was not our name , only one like ours ; I still could n't believe it . |
| 5 | Of the rebellion in Mesopotamia he wrote that it could be dealt with by raising two divisions of volunteer local troops , reducing the British administrative staff and setting up an Arab government under the indirect control of a British officer . |
| 6 | He did that to get publicity , cos in fact they found that it was n't eh , rubbish he was selling in there . |
| 7 | Assembling our find on deck we found that it consisted of a case of 10,000 cigarettes and several cases of spirits . |
| 8 | None of his designs that we now possess was built , and my first thought was of regret that this should be so , but on reflection I knew that it was right . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's not true , ’ Harry protested , although on reflection he knew that it was . |
| 10 | He was certainly enjoying life more than ever before , and when Eva finally announced that we were moving to London he admitted that it was the right thing to do . |