Example sentences of "it was the [noun] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the base for his ‘ Highgrove set ’ , the gang of pals which included Camilla Parker Bowles whose friendship with Charles over the years made Diana so jealous . |
| 2 | It was the idea of his father , who had first seen the university in 1932 . |
| 3 | I suppose it was the expression on his face that made me scream . ’ |
| 4 | How Eric copes with the numbers it can accommodate is a mystery , but it was the mysteries of his talent we were there to learn . |
| 5 | It was the birth of his own son that confronted him with questions . |
| 6 | And , just for a moment , in spite of the pain that brought her , it was the thought of his hurt that tore at her heart . |
| 7 | For Attlee it was the vindication of his policy . |
| 8 | When his head jerked back to look up at Grant again , it was n't his teeth that were gleaming in the dark now , it was the whites of his eyes , wide with fear . |
| 9 | It was the parting from his wife , unquestionably , which had etched the lines of disillusion on his handsome face . |
| 10 | It was the beginning of his life with Jenny Blyth and the end of his life-long love-affair with Glasgow Celtic . |
| 11 | It was the beginning of his sixth day in Little Weirwold . |
| 12 | It was an issue which was never absent : it marred his day of consecration , and it was the subject of his last letter . |
| 13 | Perhaps it was the reference to his father 's tomb . |
| 14 | I think it was the realisation of his disability that decided the man to go for him first . |
| 15 | He said it was the soil of his city . |
| 16 | Although successful , Zarei has only received sponsorship from the sports centre where he swims , and recently from the American company Alena , which provides energy bars and drinks , but it was the state of his shoes which drew attention at Gateshead . |
| 17 | However , as fortune would have it , when I put my ear to M. Dupont 's door , I happened to hear Mr Lewis 's voice , and though I can not recall precisely the actual words I first heard , it was the tone of his voice that raised my suspicions . |
| 18 | Four months later it was Legasov who led the Soviet delegation to the Vienna conference on the disaster , and it was the forcefulness of his opening five-hour speech that established the conventional wisdom about Chernobyl : that it had been caused by human error among the operators , that the measures taken to protect the population had been adequate , and that the Soviet Union had nothing to hide . |
| 19 | It was the reflection of his own face . |
| 20 | It was the process of his metamorphosis from a 33-year-old into a 121-year-old that got most of the film 's pre-publicity . |
| 21 | If he were honest with himself , however , he would admit that he did not miss them ; it was the comfort of his home that he missed . |
| 22 | It was the source of his acting genius . |
| 23 | It was the nadir of his career . |
| 24 | The idea of being nice to someone because they were going to leave you their money was not pleasant ; Tom often told himself this , but it was the reason for his going to see his grandmother . |
| 25 | It was n't that it was lined or rugged , it was the set of his jaw and the expression in his eyes . |
| 26 | From that moment the poor man knew in his heart it was the start of his dog 's career in Grand Prix car chasing ! |
| 27 | It was the start of his new career . |
| 28 | It was the economy of his tonal designs that convinced Le Cerf of Lully 's ‘ fertility , as opposed to the ‘ sterility ’ of Italian composers : |
| 29 | It was the excellence of his teachers which gave him his interest in Physics , English and German . |
| 30 | It was the monster of his infancy , lying in wait for him all these years , or a warning sign , saying , Go Back , make your excuses and leave , exert your free will … |