Example sentences of "[coord] it [was/were] [adv] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bagthorpe Junction was some 3 miles from Nottingham , and it was here that the Great Northern branched off to Derby Friargate . |
| 2 | He argues that while only a few of the Palestinian sites have been linked by archaeology with the Bible , the bulk of the names in the Yemen area are to be found stated in the Bible and that this was where Abraham , the Caravan King , had his home and it was here that the Israelites settled after they had crossed the Red Sea with Moses . |
| 3 | Given the elective nature of the late Saxon monarchy the interests and support of the Godwines would be essential to any claimant , and it was here that the well-known story of the Conquest was to have its impact on Sussex . |
| 4 | At the central Borestone mound round which the most important pavilions were pitched , a group of leaders conferred , and it was here that the impatience was manifested — especially by Sir William Douglas . |
| 5 | Attached to the church was a large canvas annexe to accommodate the Abyssinian notables and the foreign dignitaries , and it was here that the crowning took place . |
| 6 | And it was here that the once great motorbike manufacturers of the Midlands tested the machines that are still running today . |
| 7 | As he bathed , a sycamore leaf fell between his shoulder blades so that , like Achilles , his perfection was flawed and it was there that the treacherous Lord Hagen thrust his spear . |
| 8 | In her mind she went to that island and it was there that the ‘ shower ’ played upon her cancer cells ‘ and washed them away . ’ |
| 9 | Alciston itself acted as the gathering place for surrounding parishes , and it was there that the wool merchants went to do their trading until the mid-fourteenth century . |
| 10 | And it was there that the peasant response to the Stolypin reform was most positive . |
| 11 | And it was there that the parish had its origin , way back in 1839 when the Rev Alex Orr ministered to his human flock in what was then verdant countryside . |
| 12 | Another two moved on shortly afterwards and it was then that the intimidation began . |
| 13 | At this same time Leslie had voiced his discontent at the ‘ ponderous inefficiency ’ and ‘ heartless bureaucracy ’ of the conventional army , and it was then that the ideas in Tom Wintringham 's New Ways of War began to influence his thinking . |
| 14 | To her surprise an answering smile dawned in his eyes and finally reached his thin , sardonic lips — and it was then that the idea came into her head . |
| 15 | The research team acquired a mine of information , which they decided to put into a teaching pack for midwives and other health professionals , and it was then that the project began to take over Mrs Kelsall 's life . |
| 16 | Time and its buried hoard , however , had only been waiting in the wings , and it was now that the priest was discovering just how perfidious Time could be . |
| 17 | And it was so that the fairies would n't sail away in the eggshells . |