Example sentences of "[pron] was a part [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a part of me that did n't want it , and there was a part of me that was still bound up in it . ’ |
| 2 | There was a part of me that did n't want it , and there was a part of me that was still bound up in it . ’ |
| 3 | Consequently , she admits , ‘ There was a part of me that secretly felt evangelism was something you should n't do to your dog , let alone a friend ’ ( Pippert 1980:16 ) . |
| 4 | But even if this had not been the case ( and there was a part of her that still believed that he 'd come that second time to explain , or apologize ) she would have found an excuse for returning to England , just to be out of Marlin 's company . |
| 5 | But there was a part of her that still would n't give in to him without a fight . |
| 6 | Or perhaps there was a part of her that wanted to give in . |
| 7 | She only knew that there was a part of her that welcomed this , increasingly subject to a perilous urge to surrender herself to Luke , and not merely her physical self but all those special subjectives that made her Maria McFadden . |
| 8 | And yet there was a part of her which longed to get to the bottom of this complex man , an instinct perhaps which told her the quest would be a worthwhile one . |
| 9 | This was the story of his life so far and here he had the chance to change it and he knew he should and he wanted to , but there was a part of him that grew stronger everyday and which told him not to bother . |
| 10 | There was a part of his mind filled almost to sickness with self-mockery , a bitter mockery grown out of the fear that was back with him now , mockery for the excellence of his seamanship . |
| 11 | I 'm confident enough in my ability as a mother to know my daughter had never been pressurised by knowing there was a part of my life that was illegal . |
| 12 | They had a movie idea they wanted to try out and there was a part in it for Ken if he wanted it . |
| 13 | Somehow all his rolls of fat were invested with dignity as they shook to his sobs and his weight pulling at her was a part of it that would be a part of her life forever . |
| 14 | It was a part of him , as sure and certain as his pulse-beat . |
| 15 | It felt so good tucked there , so snug and firm under his armpit like it was a part of him . |
| 16 | Though it was no dream , it was a part of her . |
| 17 | He had heard so much about it from the Queen Mother — who as a child had been there every year — and from so many other people that he had felt it was a part of his education that was sorely lacking . |
| 18 | It was a part of his creed never to give way to these emotions . |
| 19 | You would not say that it was a part of anything around you — it does not attach itself to things or become a particular quality that they have . |
| 20 | He was in the uniform of the camp , he was a part of its essence . |