Example sentences of "[vb past] that it [be] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Franca realised that it was Marcus breathing , slowly , deeply , into Patrick 's mouth . |
| 2 | Then they said well and then I realised that it was Fennite and I 'd heard of that |
| 3 | I registered that it was Mme Guérigny and her brothers and sisters-in-law who uttered the calumnies , and only later that Jean-Claude never took issue with them . |
| 4 | On these occasions important figures in the Church affirmed that it is Mary , who leads us to Jesus . |
| 5 | Both Gimbert and Lascubé argued that it was Griffiths who was responsible for the collapsed scrums , but obviously Gimbert 's inexperience played a part in his inability to work out a solution . |
| 6 | Many believed that it was Havelock Wilson who had betrayed them . |
| 7 | The early Christians believed that it was God 's plan for the Jews to reject Jesus so that his death and resurrection could unite all people with God . |
| 8 | But Carol Wilson believed that it was Branson who was ‘ stalling ’ over giving her any control in the company . |
| 9 | For a while afterwards , it seemed that it was Sean who had been cursed . |
| 10 | He therefore assumed that it was Tim 's voice on the machine . |
| 11 | Yesterday we discovered that it is Portugal which dictates the pace now . |
| 12 | Then she discovered that it was Travis she had to thank that the news of her engagement to his cousin was all over Vasey 's , as , still smiling , he stated , ‘ Hope you do n't mind , Naylor , but I came in earlier to have a quick word with Leith , and could n't resist telling her assistant that a possible reason for Leith being late this morning could be her getting engaged to you at the weekend . ’ |
| 13 | While I was on holiday the clinic tested a blood sample without my permission and established that it was HIV positive . |
| 14 | Looking at it he saw that it was Mrs Wright 's . |
| 15 | Breeze turned to glance at the man who had just entered the shop , and saw that it was Roger Kenyon . |
| 16 | Dalgliesh saw that it was Philip Larkin 's Required Writing . |
| 17 | The door to the dressing room opened and to her surprise she saw that it was Hugo . |
| 18 | She snatched a quick glance backward and saw that it was Meredith Wyatt , grinning like a death's-head . |
| 19 | The weeper lifted his head , and they saw that it was Yanek . |
| 20 | A small figure was seated beside the trainer and it was only when the two men got out of the car and walked briskly towards them that Kelly saw that it was Cy McCray . |
| 21 | He hurried to the house where the body lay , and when he uncovered the face of the dead man , he saw that it was James Vane . |
| 22 | I checked my watch and saw that it was Thursday . |
| 23 | Panic subsided when he saw that it was Jimmy . |
| 24 | And if she did , she would look into Carrie 's mind with her witch 's eyes and know that she knew that it was Mrs Gotobed weeping upstairs , and that she was remembering what Mr Evans had said . |
| 25 | Somewhere outside Burun heard the high-pitched cry of a boy , and knew that it was Jehan . |
| 26 | She tasted blood and thought that it was Ryker 's , but then realized that her own face was gashed just below the left eye , she guessed by flying glass . |
| 27 | For reasons which baffle me , the referee thought that it was Gimbert who was pulling down the scrum . |
| 28 | She thought that it was Matey who had encouraged Dr Neil to become a doctor and take up an East End practice . |
| 29 | At a press conference the Prime Minister , Carl Bildt , agreed that it was likely that the surveillance equipment had been installed by the former Soviet authorities , but he insisted that it was Russia 's responsibility , as the successor state , to remove them . |
| 30 | I , I forgotten that it was Justine , I , it just threw me a bit that erm , erm , Nick asked me to let you know that we were here and that we 'd received the chairs . |