Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] it was [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because I can always ask ‘ Would I still prescribe that action if it was I who had that desire ? ’ |
| 2 | I did n't want any woman unless it was her . |
| 3 | She would put all her things on the floor because it was hers to do what she liked with . |
| 4 | It was as much their world as it was ours , and the recollection of other less co-fraternal moments such as 1776 or 1812 were displaced by these representations of shared origins . |
| 5 | So would every family make a wreath if it was you know somebody c near them , they 'd make their own . |
| 6 | You know , everybody would , would applaud any sexual activity because it was you know , adding new members to the human race . |
| 7 | Fixing my eyes on them , I could n't help cursing Aisha , wishing she was dead , swearing by the Prophet Muhammad that I would have my revenge because it was she who was stopping me walking those streets and riding in those red buses to find work and a flat or a room of my own . |
| 8 | And I was married to a soldier so I did n't have any family round about me at the time so it was it was pretty hard . |
| 9 | And I had to walk about fifty yards to get to the van because it was it was in an area that had been partly pedestrianized . |
| 10 | Near the close , Holding began to lay about him and was dropped off a skyer ; next morning he continued in the same vein to ensure his team a first innings lead , and ensure , too , that Bob Willis 's Test career would end on an unhappy note as it was he who took most of the stick . |