Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pers pn] was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How did you know that it was his van ; there must be plenty of Mini vans about ? ’ |
| 2 | Also , according to Aszal , they said they did not doubt that she was his wife . |
| 3 | ‘ My lord , I have good reason to know that it was you who said a word for me in his Grace 's ear , and gave me this day for thought , and even offered me arguments I was not wise enough to find for myself . |
| 4 | Just to know that he was there could bring a smile to the face and to know now that he was n't brought an ineffable sadness to them all . |
| 5 | Especially when they are tipped that it was you who topped him . ’ |
| 6 | Is it true that he 'd forgotten that he was their father ? |
| 7 | They , the audience , were what mattered , for it should never be forgotten that it was their patronage and their applause which truly kept the theatre alive . |
| 8 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |
| 9 | Although she often maintained that it was her own choice not to attend , she told an American interviewer , I would love to go to board meetings where he [ Bernard ] is chairman but I 'm not invited . |
| 10 | She joked that it was her favourite occupation . |
| 11 | Furious , he got up to complain to his neighbour , only to discover that it was his own dog which he had accidently shut outside before going to bed . |
| 12 | Afterwards , she ventured to go up to him and say that she was my sister : to which he replied kindly — ; ‘ I can see that you are ’ . |
| 13 | If they failed to reach agreement , the Queen would summon them and simply say that it was their business to ensure that the Queen 's government was carried on . |
| 14 | But then there was that newspaper review which mentioned that I was your wife , and Eleanor began to hear rumours about us getting back together again . |
| 15 | Bede represents Oswald as bringing under his sway all the peoples of Britain , divided by language into Angles , Britons , Picts and Irish ( HE 111 , 6 ) , but elsewhere writes that it was his brother and successor Oswiu , who made tributary the Picts and the Scots who inhabited the northern parts of Britain ( HE 11 , 5 ) . |
| 16 | People forget that it was they who freed the country from Pol Pot , otherwise many more would have died than the one million who were starved , tortured , and executed between 1975-78 . |
| 17 | Everything seemed to indicate that it was our friend Argol , or some flunkey of his . |
| 18 | Eric 's name was not given but it was not difficult to guess that it was him . |
| 19 | Who remembers or cares that it was he , who as minister of local government , introduced the poll tax and defended it passionately to the death ? |
| 20 | He quite liked the feeling it gave him , but he did n't know if it was it or the drink was making him feel rather dizzy . |
| 21 | I do n't know if it was my hard luck or what , but I married a Pakistani . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't know if it was my best game — the manager decides that sort of thing , ’ said Parlour . |
| 23 | men that he , he did n't even know if it was his . |
| 24 | Old Mrs Rogers has lost a lot of her marbles but she 'd surely know if it was someone actually living along there . ’ |
| 25 | But Silver called from the other boat , wanting to know if it was me . |
| 26 | Something had upset her and he doubted if it was his arrival . |
| 27 | say if it was yourself and father who both were n't well , he would , if you just pick up the phone and say , I 'm running short can I have a b b and he , he brings it round , like you know , j j |
| 28 | She could surrender because it was her knight kissing her . |
| 29 | The Cabinet first considered whether it was their duty to advise Parliament that the abolition of the death penalty would involve serious risks to law and order . |
| 30 | Another second Forest player seemed to go in then I do n't know whether it was him that caught Speedy rather than Cooper with the initial challenge . |