Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little realising it was their road to Eternity . |
| 2 | I was er sitting watching you doling it out and suddenly realized it was mine . |
| 3 | Is he aware that the right hon. Gentleman who so described it was none other than the Leader of the Opposition ? |
| 4 | She did n't know how he had forced that admission out of her , she only knew it was something she had to say . |
| 5 | Luke Calder might admit to a fleeting attraction for her , but she was n't fool enough to think it was anything more than that . |
| 6 | Innocent as I was , ignorant rather , I did not realize it was something else she spoke of . |
| 7 | ‘ — How could I rob Bella and her not know it was me , eh ? |
| 8 | I 'm not saying it was her . |
| 9 | If she had known of how the Greeks slaughtered the bearers of bad tidings she might have taken longer to decide it was her duty , but , as it was , she saw no need to fear for herself , only for the person to whom she would relate the devastating news . |
| 10 | Fucking knew it was them ! |
| 11 | He thought it better not to mention it was he who had been responsible for both his accidents . |
| 12 | just thought it was his natural hair but |
| 13 | ‘ Of course at first I just thought it was someone from a boat that had been driven in by the weather . |
| 14 | And however much I hated the idea , sooner or later I would have to tell somebody about it — Toby , perhaps either the truth or a lie I would have to tell , because I could n't any longer pretend it was nobody 's business but mine . |
| 15 | So no one 'd ever know it was you had 'em all the time . |
| 16 | You would hardly know it was him . |
| 17 | He still believed it was his God given right to govern . |
| 18 | He was fined £50 for breaching a local by-law but yesterday claimed it was everybody 's right to search for bait in a ruling dating back to the Magna Carta in 1215 . |
| 19 | ‘ You know , I 've always thought it was your sense of humour that attracted Walter to you , Hilda . ’ |
| 20 | He always claimed it was me , ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Y'know what , I still reckon it was him who killed that girl , alibi or no alibi . |
| 22 | Even when I played through proxies he must have still known it was me , because one day , 'bout the end of my second year on Mars , I woke up with the blues just like you did . |
| 23 | He would be a world-champion tiddly-winks player too if he ever decided it was something worth taking up . |
| 24 | That was what was so endearing about him , but she hardly thought it was something she should mention to his brother ! |
| 25 | Flashman said : ‘ Barry and I took calls on Thursday from someone saying he was Martin Edwards , and we genuinely thought it was him . |
| 26 | Oh I always thought it was my ulcer that was causing it , you know , so I was , every time I took it I was taking an extra Samtack |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Marie , ‘ Simon always said it was you did that to the kiosk . |
| 28 | ‘ If Lachlan Cattanach ever learns it was you cut half through his bow-tip he 'll have the hide off you for brogans . |
| 29 | ‘ There was a long pause and Dr Runcie said : ‘ Well , I always suspected it was he who had written it , but I never thought there was anything personal in it . |
| 30 | I felt because they could n't come up with anything else they brought this up to show it was something it home … it 's all been dropped now I think . |