Example sentences of "to [noun prp] [noun prp] [conj] it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lost the leadership of Leeds to Ellery Hanley and it was Hanley who was made skipper of Great Britain in Australia this summer . |
| 2 | For the purpose of this operation 22 Squadron moved to Thorney Island and it was from there that the attack was launched . |
| 3 | In power , it never occurred to him , just as it did not occur to Mr Gorbachev until it was too late , that it was the system itself that was rotten through and through . |
| 4 | I wanted to go to Scotland and I remember I came to say goodbye to my parents and that was in the evening and I went by train to Liverpool Street and it was pouring with rain and I had to make my way , I had a taxi across to Euston , you see , and er and I went up th the left side of the country , see , past Carlisle and and then across and across and then and to Greenock er er to Dunoon , you see . |
| 5 | West Lothian , West Lothian we 've already written to West Lothian and it was too early . |
| 6 | Nothing too outrageous … just the constant annoyance of fouls being called against Leeds when there were nt fouls and throws being given to West Ham unless it was patently obvious that a West Ham player kicked it off . |
| 7 | We were airborne again , only three hours to Perth Australia and it was time to annoy the stewardesses . |