Example sentences of "[pers pn] was here that [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It was here that attitudes and issues began emerging that were later to assume national significance and where parties were being transformed into empty shells , the eventual fate of parties at both the national and state levels .
2 Perhaps it was here that ogres and giants used to lure their victims .
3 He alleged that the private sector had received 80 per cent of the money and it was here that loans had failed to be repaid .
4 It was here that items of the Emperor 's clothing and the superb diamond necklace which had been given to him by the Princess Borghese [ his sister , Pauline ] as well as the Landau which had escaped the Moscow disaster in 1813 ( sic ) were taken . ’
5 It was here that Jeremias Gotthelf ( 1797–1854 ) , whose novels portrayed early nineteenth-century life in the Emmental , served as village pastor .
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