Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] it [be] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so it is that propliners operators have an essential specialist role to play in modern commercial aviation . |
| 2 | And so it was that Ursula met Justin , the writer 's moody adolescent brother , and ran away with him . |
| 3 | And so it was that Luch was taken up to the castle for the second time . |
| 4 | And so it was that plans went ahead . |
| 5 | And so it was that Osman Abdelal took me from the gas station and up to a small Arab village called Mazraa , clustered round the ruins of an old Roman aqueduct . |
| 6 | And so it was that Eliot was immersed in what he called ironically " show business " , and although he had reached an age where he performed his tasks more slowly , now more than ever his life was being conducted under pressure . |
| 7 | And so it was that Mary had managed to borrow one of the most expensive ‘ sparklers ’ the Gorbals had ever seen . |
| 8 | And so it was that Gladstone Murray , Ernie L. Bushnell and four others , including myself , staggered through the winter blizzard at just after 10 o'clock that evening and through the C.P.R. station to Eastbound Track No1 . |
| 9 | Used to be called Brian and then it was that David fellow , anyway I said well I should n't bother to vote last time , anyway David n erm David Dennis said you will I 'll take you there so he took me |
| 10 | But then it was that thoughts began to penetrate her desire-clouded mind — the realisation that , should these ribbon ties become undone , then her nightdress would fall straight to the floor — and she would be left — stark naked . |