Example sentences of "was [pron] [noun] that [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was their manner that told me they had to be taken seriously . |
| 2 | I think it was her smell that got me started … like the braided loaves fresh from the baker 's oven . |
| 3 | But it was her eyes that startled me . |
| 4 | It was his tone that got me . |
| 5 | So when I was ushered into his consulting room , it was his welfare that concerned me as much as my own . |
| 6 | Indeed , it was his example that led me to see beneath the brilliance and beauty of Paris , where the plight of its dispossessed is mirrored in the experience of the very people — artists and intellectuals — who are responsible for its reputation . |
| 7 | It was your hair that got me . |
| 8 | But when I was at Dacre , in spite of all the painful memories — Theda , it was your face that haunted me , not my mother 's ! |
| 9 | But it was your axe that hit me , borne down by his sword . |