Example sentences of "he [vb past] it was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The easiest way to turn the car was to drive on up to the hardstand by the church , and as he swung about he realised it was in fact the old foundations of small cottages , completely gone with The Bomber . |
| 2 | He found it was at its worst in the late evenings when he sat alone in Fern Cottage . |
| 3 | There was such stillness in him that when he moved it was like something dead had come alive again . |
| 4 | I mean , I can remember seeing an interview with er , John Geilgud and he 'd he 'd done Hamlet many years ago and er but he said he 'd it was in a totally different way you know , different |
| 5 | At a later interview he was asked for what the Nobel had been awarded ; Eliot replied that he assumed it was for " the entire corpus " and the reporter asked , " When did you publish that ? " |
| 6 | When he arrived it was at a very particular time of day . |
| 7 | He figured it was worth a nickel to call me at the Globe , and he 's not a wasteful man . ’ |
| 8 | But as soon as he heard it was in Hampstead , he smelt a rat . |
| 9 | His predisposition was reinforced by further acquaintance with the Fulani , whose ‘ regeneration ’ he decided it was worth attempting . |
| 10 | He decided it was worth being polite . |
| 11 | Sometimes he thought it was of his own making : he was unaccustomed to working closely with women and this one was still young and attractive which made him self-conscious . |
| 12 | He thought it was for sex . |
| 13 | He thought it was worth having back in Northallerton after such a gap . |
| 14 | Because Mr has represented him , Mr said before that he he thought it was as duty solicitor that he , he has represented him at some stage as duty solicitor but , he is represented under legal aid though this defendant by a firm of solicitors in Birmingham and he 's anxious to be committed for trial today . |
| 15 | Mr said before that he , he thought it was as duty solicitor . |
| 16 | ‘ He thought it was like a record — that you go to Number One immediately . |
| 17 | He knew it was of his own making but that was not useful knowledge because he could not unmake it . |
| 18 | When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time . |
| 19 | He knew it was in the interests of the City that the Tories win the next election . |
| 20 | From the handwriting he knew it was from his mother , and he ran to his workshop to read it . |
| 21 | Before his reign the site would have been on the southernmost borders of the empire ; when he died it was at the empire 's heart . |
| 22 | Despite his brotherly teasing and criticisms , he was devoted to her and would not be speaking in this fashion unless he felt it was for the best . |
| 23 | He shielded the thin beam as best he could ; he felt it was like a beacon , alerting the whole county . |
| 24 | But the way he did it was with the same connections he defied , and to get into serious racing in his early days , he got a bank to give him credit and a sponsor to give him some backing : though he had n't , of his own , a sou in the world . |
| 25 | He looked past her , his expression withdrawn and distant in the way she disliked , and when he spoke it was without warmth : ‘ I was personal slave to the Master and as such did personal tasks . ’ |
| 26 | When he spoke it was as if he were dictating a letter to her , concentrating on the correctness of his grammar and syntax . |
| 27 | When he spoke it was in a barely audible voice as if he feared that his words would carry beyond the four walls . |
| 28 | When he spoke it was in the voice of a small , hurt boy . |
| 29 | Yeah , he said it was worth seeing . |
| 30 | He told me more , he said it was at a farm near Park . |