Example sentences of "and it [was/were] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was to their credit that they accepted the new er system er and the new times . |
| 2 | If he could see the sense behind Darwin 's arguments , it is unlikely that his subscribers would ; and it was for their tastes that he catered . |
| 3 | Two of the sons of that marriage also became doctors , Thomas and Charles , and it was under their supervision that the asylum was moved from Manor Farm House to Chiswick House in 1893 , where it remained until 1929 . |
| 4 | The Incorporation of Weavers could not be more closely connected with carpets and it was under their aegis that Stoddard Templeton took part . |
| 5 | He worked there for nearly 40 years and it was in their Stockholm laboratories that he immediately took up Paneth and Peters ' idea . |
| 6 | And it was in their spare time — they did n't get leave from the official rota . |
| 7 | They looked after about fifteen children from dawn to dusk and it was in their belief to take in and embrace all children in the love and light of Zephandra Butolphi . |
| 8 | but they were all to do with sort of satellite dishes and it was in their reception area and it had satellite T V on , and it was an advertising thing as much |
| 9 | But they were the owners of the securities , and it was by their own mandate , which presumably they might have recalled , that payment was made directly to the beneficiary . |
| 10 | And it was from their number that the most prominent socialist leaders of 1917 were drawn . |