Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you remember how you were on to me to write to him ? |
| 2 | Which was pretty heartening , considering it was down to him to do one of my parole reports and that most of the people in Styal were there for drugs , or drug-related crimes , like kiting cheques [ passing stolen cheques ] to buy drugs or shoplifting to buy drugs . |
| 3 | But after a further month 's reflection she changed her mind and wrote to Moira that it was up to her to do something about ‘ the incompetence of your staff at Harriet Street [ which ] is now causing BA and myself sleepless nights ’ . |
| 4 | It was up to her to rectify that as best she could . |
| 5 | Would she feel nowadays it was up to her to make contact ? ’ |
| 6 | He was attracted to her , as any red-blooded male would be to any presentable woman in these circumstances , but that was as far as it went and it was up to her to make sure her own feelings did n't betray her . |
| 7 | Now it was up to her to prove that Josey was right . |
| 8 | Perhaps she felt it was up to her to enter the ‘ artistic ’ world to which Arnold remained a devoted but remote outsider . |
| 9 | It was up to her to get herself and the twins out of here , back to the safety of their apartment — and clearly any display of outrage or temperament was only going to delay matters . |
| 10 | It was up to her to try and work out a plan of escape , but without expert help that was n't going to be easy . |
| 11 | It was up to him to save her and he knew how to do it . |
| 12 | He believed , without conceit , that not everyone could do this job and , as he felt that he could , it was up to him to do it . |
| 13 | James recognized that , while Laura 's shaping of the product range was crucial , it was up to him to design a corporate structure to support it ; otherwise the company could scarcely expand and might even cease operating altogether . |
| 14 | Since Philip was challenging Henry II 's right to hold Alice , Brittany and the Vexin it was up to him to take the initiative . |
| 15 | Now it was up to him to get the youngsters out , before they were trapped and incinerated . |
| 16 | Lou Macari says … he ; s very annoyed about what happened at swindon.the people that ran the club let him doww … but it was up to him to get on with his football and he 's happy at Stoke having won a cup at wembley and promotion to the first division |
| 17 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |
| 18 | And it was up to him to adjust the weight |
| 19 | Boy assumed that it was up to him to find out if these bars were closed , were unfashionable , were dangerous or were simply too expensive for him to visit … |
| 20 | It was up to them to prove their case . |
| 21 | Robbo quite rightly got his chance and it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to fight for my place or not . |
| 22 | ‘ It was up to me to decide that . |
| 23 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
| 24 | In the circumstances it is obvious that it was up to me to present them first . |
| 25 | Anyway , when I saw he was n't going to do anything about it , I figured it was up to me to make friends with Ibrahim and find out what he was doing . |
| 26 | ‘ Older than you , married , female : it was up to me to keep us on the straight and narrow . |
| 27 | He 'd kept his part by buying me the nightdress , now it was up to me to keep mine . |
| 28 | I told my friend Bridget it was up to us to keep watch . |
| 29 | Ryan was one of our own , you might say , came from the village , so it was up to us to try and put it right . |
| 30 | It was up to you to see that you were justified . |