Example sentences of "[v-ing] [that] it was [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to Annie that no sooner had Tamar arrived in the market hall , than Goodison was by her side , suggesting that it was time they started off for home . |
| 2 | Dame Sybil earned her everlasting gratitude by suggesting that it was time she retire . |
| 3 | Remembering that it was Wordsworth whom the Utilitarian John Stuart Mill turned to when he found that his philosophy produced nothing but visions of a grey and empty world , and that Matthew Arnold , after Wordsworth 's death , believed that he alone could heal human nature in the ‘ iron time ’ , the little poem that follows , written in 1833 , seems a convenient summing-up of Wordsworth 's mature attitudes . |
| 4 | He picked up the sharp knife once more with a frown and growled at the meat as he diced it , imagining that it was Bessie he was carving up . |
| 5 | Despite warnings , Mrs Thatcher stressed her leadership role in Europe , saying that it was Britain which had put up an alternative scheme to the Delors plan and had taken the initiative over the idea of associate EC status for East Germany . |
| 6 | Despite warnings , Mrs Thatcher stressed her leadership role in Europe , saying that it was Britain which had put up an alternative scheme to the Delors plan and had taken the initiative over the idea of associate EC status for East Germany . |
| 7 | Louis responded to these totally unjustified demands by arguing that it was Henry who had broken the agreement by keeping Alice in his custody for far too long . |
| 8 | She could n't help thinking that it was Mark himself who was largely responsible for the change . |