Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [prep] [adv] [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was from here that they rang Anthony Marangos , and inspected the house , or rather château , which he had found for them in Picardy , North East France , between the towns of Arras and Amiens . |
| 2 | It was from here that they effectively ran their great republic of sixty-nine states . |
| 3 | It was from there that he also issued his first denunciations of the Pahlavi dynasty that laid the foundations of his revolution . |
| 4 | Johnny was an old-fashioned inside-forward ( the position in which he had won a League championship medal with Chelsea in 1955 ) , but he gradually moved , via wing-half , to full-back and it was from there that he skippered Palace 's first promotion side for 40 years , taking us out of Division 4 in 1960–61 . |
| 5 | Scotland tomorrow face Italy , and it was from there that he was the subject of offers . |
| 6 | In Bourne 's view ( shared by many of Wycliffe 's high-ranking colleagues ) it was from there that he should conduct the investigation , receiving reports , issuing instructions , discussing the case with his officers and , very occasionally , interrogating a witness himself . |
| 7 | It was from there that I began my efforts to enquire into the operation of the judicial system in the area . |
| 8 | ‘ So it was before then that you met Lieutenant Daniel ? ’ |