Example sentences of "it be [adv] [subord] he [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes it is Now when he was at school |
| 2 | ‘ It was probably because he was a doctor that he could n't face the future — he knew what to expect , ’ said Rachel bitterly , then as she caught sight of her mother 's expression she said hurriedly , ‘ Oh , I 'm not making excuses for him , I 'm just stating a fact . ’ |
| 3 | It was partly because he was out of the top drawer , of course . |
| 4 | It was partly because he was tired and unhappy , leaving home and our mother for the first time … ’ |
| 5 | It was precisely because he was finding Constance more frequently in his thoughts than any other girlfriend that Nicky was so tentative . |
| 6 | When he stood in the middle of the road waving his arms it was only because he was hungry and wanted his dinner , now you 'll have to trundle him about in a wheelbarrow like a dead sheep , you 'll have no time for skirmishing . |
| 7 | But really he knew it was only because he was n't Jewish . |
| 8 | In fact , it was only because he was chronically mean that she had lasted this long . |
| 9 | It was only because he was using his elbows all the time . |
| 10 | It was only because he was a civilised man that he had not . |
| 11 | He wasted no time in looking round and it was only when he was backing the van to drive away that his face could be seen . |