Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun sg] [coord] it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " And everywhere he is in chains ! " cried the Collector urgently in his delirium , causing both young ladies to turn anxiously towards his bed but it was nothing , merely a passing fancy in his overheated brain . |
| 2 | It was quite coincidental that June , by her search for a new life in California , drew him towards what would be the hub of the rest of his life and it was touch and go whether he stayed or went back to Neptune . |
| 3 | The ball from Gascgoine to Ball the other night when he scored his great goal was a little dink just over the top , outside of his fort and it was a little one over the top of there was n't it ? |
| 4 | Felipe took no notice whatever of his sister and it was Maggie who had to comfort her and assure her that no harm had been done . |
| 5 | Molyneux , like Richmond , won his freedom as a result of his boxing and it was he , more than any other early black sportsman , who ‘ showed how prize fighting could be the means by which a man of his colour might gain prominence and a certain undeniable importance akin to a theatrical star ’ ( Farr , 1964 , p.3 ) . |
| 6 | She was aware of his body-heat and it was making her head swim . |
| 7 | There was a feeling in the pit of his stomach and it was not hunger . |
| 8 | Sadly , as the Master Bomber on a raid against Le Mans railway yards on 19/20 May 1944 , he collided with his Deputy and it was indeed ironic that they both actually marked the aiming point with their burning aircraft . |
| 9 | She could sympathize with his chagrin but it was hardly enough to keep him awake at night . |
| 10 | I went into his room and it was pitch dark . |
| 11 | The Spencers held a dance that weekend in his honour and it was noticeable that Sarah was enthusiastic in her attentions . |
| 12 | Two injury-ravaged sides understandably lacked precision and poise but Gabbiadini was always direct in his approach and it was appropriate that he should give Sunderland the lead six minutes before the interval . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know what was going on in his mind but it was n't going to do him much good . |
| 14 | His memory of yesterday evening was patchy : he had several pictures like still photographs in his mind but it was difficult to link them together . |
| 15 | It was n't the sort of thing he would have put on the wall next to his bed but it was a lot more acceptable than Mr Pilkington in a black cowl . |
| 16 | And then the plate was passed from him to his murderer and it was passed round until it was passed to the bank manager who would n't give her the money and then back to her . |
| 17 | There was a smile on his face and it was still on his face when he stopped as if seized up and fell headlong in the passageway . |
| 18 | She wanted to slap him for his cruelty and it was the only way to stop herself from springing at him . |
| 19 | During his childhood , Holovich had been taught Russian by his mother and it was ostensibly for that reason that his company asked him to visit Moscow — a quite spurious reason because we supply most adequate and experienced interpreters for commercial negotiations with foreign concerns . |