Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] it [be] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 I could n't see who it was at first , then I realised it was my husband .
2 However , I realised it was your usual attitude towards women . ’
3 To my annoyance , I found it was my turn to flush .
4 ‘ When I discovered I was pregnant , it was at a time when I was very manic about the group , I felt it was my mission .
5 I felt it was my due .
6 I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so .
7 but she sold her house in Jersey , her husband retires in July , the school break , and erm and she said I 've got some good , er when I got home from wherever I 'd been , Rudy left me a note to say phone Val good news and I thought it were her back was good news , but she said no me medical problems were not good news , they dare n't operate cos me back 's in such a state and they have n't give her much hope for anything apart from a wheelchair sort of thing , later on in life and erm , but she said that I 've got a bit of good news I 've sold me house so I said ooh lovely , so she said I do n't know any more but I ring you and let you know , the next night she phoned me back , she said yeah me house has gone they got two hundred and twenty thousand for it , they wanted them out a week on Thursday
8 To my left I saw the long purple curtains twitch in the window and for a moment I thought it was her just making sure I 'd gone .
9 I thought it was his dirty washing . ’
10 I thought it was his shape moving behind your kitchen net curtain and er I thought oh I 'll dash and ask him now about those car mats so I can go and get them .
11 I feel like I 'd , I could take an axe to them oh look at that look oh dear , probably seen his mother butchered ah see that big fat body just then a pair of feet I thought it was his , did you see that ?
12 But , you know I think it , I thought it was his dingy grey suit to begin with that smelt of moth balls but it , it was his breath .
13 I thought it was my turn for a kip .
14 ‘ As a matter of fact , I thought it was my own house .
15 I moved so quietly I barely stirred the dust , yet now in the English winter I could hear a spectral echo of angry laughter and I thought it was my own .
16 I thought it was my spine but I could move my limbs so I thought it could n't be too bad . ’
17 I thought it was my eyesight .
18 I thought it was your voice .
19 Now , you 've been talking about Donna 's birth , but I thought it was your own you wanted to find out about ? ’
20 I thought , I thought it was your
21 ‘ It was only during the afternoon that I remembered it was my 15th birthday . ’
22 well that 's what I said it 's her fault , there 's plenty of food in
23 I said it 's my bloody land that it do n't matter what I do
24 So I said it 's your fucking problem is n't ?
25 for you I said and I should think I said it 's your , your own erm
26 I said it was my intention .
27 a blood test he said I should think what 's happened , that guy who 's seen you , has , I , cos I said it was his understudy , yeah , cos he said Wendy had seen Mr Hudson so obviously the notes were n't in there were they ?
28 I hoped it was my imagination .
29 Then she realized it was her own desire to be valued , noticed even , that made her want to do something that would n't take a minute once she 'd started .
30 Playing the spy was not something that came naturally to her , but in this particular instance she sensed it was her duty .
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