Example sentences of "was [pos pn] [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I guess it was my name that alerted them ’ , said McIntosh whose grandfather emigrated from Edinburgh to New Zealand after the war . |
| 2 | ALTHOUGH MANY former RAF Chedburgh , Suffolk , personnel have had cause to return to their old Station , at least 398 have had that choice denied them — although it was their sacrifice that made their colleague 's choice possible . |
| 3 | It was their behaviour that defined them as nice or nasty , as forgiving or unforgiving , envious or the reverse . |
| 4 | ‘ It was their manner that told me they had to be taken seriously . |
| 5 | I think it was her smell that got me started … like the braided loaves fresh from the baker 's oven . |
| 6 | ‘ Well … it was her feet that gave her away . ’ |
| 7 | But it was her eyes that startled me . |
| 8 | On the death of her father in 1866 she suffered physical and mental breakdown , confiding in a letter that it was her religion that held her up . |
| 9 | It was her face that did it . |
| 10 | It was her face that did it . |
| 11 | Eva claims it was her uniform that got her noticed . |
| 12 | Moreover , it was her nakedness that exerted its mysterious power over the bodies of men . ’ |
| 13 | What if it was her feebleness that made him impatient ? |
| 14 | And I bet it was his hair that put them off . |
| 15 | Deane scored for Leeds , and , it could be argued he scored for Tottenham as well cos I think it was his foot that deflected it past Beaney . |
| 16 | It was his tone that got me . |
| 17 | So when I was ushered into his consulting room , it was his welfare that concerned me as much as my own . |
| 18 | It was his eyes that riveted their attention . |
| 19 | But it was his eyes that compelled her gaze ; between generous lashes they glowed with an amber back-light . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She told me it was your smile that did it . |
| 22 | It was your hair that got me . |
| 23 | 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 ! |
| 24 | But it was your axe that hit me , borne down by his sword . |