Example sentences of "[coord] it [be] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 61 | He argues that while only a few of the Palestinian sites have been linked by archaeology with the Bible , the bulk of the names in the Yemen area are to be found stated in the Bible and that this was where Abraham , the Caravan King , had his home and it was here that the Israelites settled after they had crossed the Red Sea with Moses . |
| 62 | In 1906 , he went to Cambridge to found the Mission for the Deaf and Dumb , and it was here that he entered University . |
| 63 | This was obviously much more convenient , and it was here that Father Daley and his housekeeper moved . |
| 64 | When my children were very small we used to live on the outskirts of Richmond Park , where every day I used to take my eldest child for a walk , and it was here that I first began to collect horse mushrooms . |
| 65 | Given the elective nature of the late Saxon monarchy the interests and support of the Godwines would be essential to any claimant , and it was here that the well-known story of the Conquest was to have its impact on Sussex . |
| 66 | Whittox Lane was , if anything , poorer than Naish 's Street , and it was here that John Titford 's eldest daughter , Ann , moved in 1828 — probably to join her sister-in-law , Sarah . |
| 67 | The only depôt which had sufficient clearance without obstructions either side of its traverser to accommodate the Felthams which were longer than any other London cars , was Streatham ( Telford Avenue ) and it was here that they came . |
| 68 | At the central Borestone mound round which the most important pavilions were pitched , a group of leaders conferred , and it was here that the impatience was manifested — especially by Sir William Douglas . |
| 69 | At the head of Gunnerside Gill beyond the ruins of Blakethwaite Mine are the ruined dams of Blakethwaite , and it was here that we stopped for our lunch . |
| 70 | Beth had persuaded David to mend the rustic oak bench , and it was here that she would spend her happiest times , sitting beneath the old apple tree , watching the children at play . |
| 71 | This led to a study of condensation in the Earth 's atmosphere , and it was here that his greatest contributions were made . |
| 72 | The three levels are reached by stairs , escalators and lifts ; Waterstones is on the top two , and it was here that Delia Smith addressed customers for 15 minutes , resulting in 300 sales for her recipe books . |
| 73 | Attached to the church was a large canvas annexe to accommodate the Abyssinian notables and the foreign dignitaries , and it was here that the crowning took place . |
| 74 | Now , in spite of the spring sunshine , it would be hard to imagine a lonelier place in the British Isles , and it was here that Bob , the chief engineer , chose to announce that he would have to stop engines to effect repairs . |
| 75 | 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 . |
| 76 | It was housed in a block that included flats-for the use of repertory company members , and it was here that Crawford managed to give his chaperon the slip for a couple of days , feeling that at sixteen he was old enough to look after himself . |
| 77 | After her first five years apprenticeship she became involved with transport and it was here that she was destined to make her mark and has continued to do so for 37 years . |
| 78 | They were far more likely to be concealed in one of the buildings round about and it was here that Owen was concentrating the search . |
| 79 | The workshop classes were a mixture of all grades of academy , and it was here that I found common ground absorbing my trade instruction ; and happily in this field I was able not to be as conspicuous as I was at school . |
| 80 | And it was here that the once great motorbike manufacturers of the Midlands tested the machines that are still running today . |
| 81 | You can imagine that some drivers er went the wrong way , and it was just that they , they just did n't concentrate on the run but nowadays they seem to run all over the town . |
| 82 | The Soviets , who had arrived at Heathrow the previous evening , were taken to Twickenham to train and practise , and it was there that their assistant manager Douglas Kavtalashvilli made the offer . |
| 83 | As he bathed , a sycamore leaf fell between his shoulder blades so that , like Achilles , his perfection was flawed and it was there that the treacherous Lord Hagen thrust his spear . |
| 84 | Madras was the earliest British settlement among these cities , and it was there that a grand station in Romanesque revivalist style was built in 1868 . |
| 85 | The ‘ great windy parlour ’ at the front of the building was soon to become for Coleridge a place in which he felt more at home than in his own tiny cottage , and it was there that he and Poole were later to spend long sociable hours with the Wordsworths , Charles Lamb , Hazlitt and others . |
| 86 | In her mind she went to that island and it was there that the ‘ shower ’ played upon her cancer cells ‘ and washed them away . ’ |
| 87 | We were fortunate in having an outdoor swimming-pool , and it was there that I learned to swim , and have continued to enjoy swimming the rest of my life . |
| 88 | The river authorities contacted the lock-keeper at Iffley and it was there that Dennis 's body was eventually recovered later that evening . |
| 89 | Alciston itself acted as the gathering place for surrounding parishes , and it was there that the wool merchants went to do their trading until the mid-fourteenth century . |
| 90 | The formalities were gone through — including , in this case , the obtaining of a marriage licence ; the bachelor of St Ethelburga 's parish made an allegation that he knew of no lawful impediment why he should not marry the girl from St Dunstan 's in the West , and it was there that they became man and wife on 21 June 1799 . |