Example sentences of "that it was [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only problem was that it was n't hers . |
| 2 | In the city , for example , there was the thought that it was n't ours , it was just there to be exploited . |
| 3 | She was a bit troublesome to me to begin with but I soon cottoned on to the fact that it was n't her but the girl she was sitting next to within the class . |
| 4 | I must admit to a certain degree of hurt masculine pride that it was n't me who tempted you , but , as a businessman and a major shareholder in the station , I have to admire your dedication . |
| 5 | It would be a chance to see her on neutral ground , maybe even a chance to explain that it was n't his bloody fault that Laura had shown up at the door only seconds before she herself had . |
| 6 | She was determined that it was n't he who had affected her appetite either , and went down to dinner that night and ate quite a substantial meal , only to return to her room and spend the next hour again having trouble ousting the wretched man . |
| 7 | This led her to the alarming conclusion that it was not they who were bigger , but she who was smaller — and a lot smaller . |
| 8 | Lydia was not exactly terrified , but she was sitting very , very still so that if there was the slightest noise she could be quite certain that it was not she who had caused it . |
| 9 | for the tape , that it was not I what squeezed your thigh . |
| 10 | It was that which made his anger so violent : the knowledge that it was not his alone ; that it was shared and felt by thousands upon thousands of others , rich and poor , strong and weak , man and woman , parent and child , all around the world . |
| 11 | Coleman has always insisted that it was not he who said it but his colleague and friend , the late Ron Pickering . |
| 12 | Presently I remembered that it was when I had been about to call Eleanor Darcy and confirm the year of her marriage to Bernard Parkin , when I had found myself calling Lou instead , on impulse . |
| 13 | Burton has declared that it was when he was performing that scene on the stage that he felt the hairs on his neck stand on end and knew for the first time the power he could have over an audience . |
| 14 | I think that it was when he got turned down for the job of a bus conductor . |
| 15 | And the night that it was over we met in our quarters , we poured a drink and we stood there and looked at each other and he said well , we made it . |
| 16 | In view of the technical advance implied it is thought that it was probably he who was the ‘ Mr Showers ’ who was complimented in 1692 for having played in hitherto impossible keys and ‘ with all the softness imaginable ’ ; but at that date the reference might conceivably be to his father or , less probably , his kinsman William . |
| 17 | You 'd think because we live on you know Woking is on top of us but it 's but it I notice that it was quite you know a time . |
| 18 | At , at the back of the Three Crowns where that is now , I do n't know whether if it was a bomb meant for the airport , I ca n't think that it was though it was a bit far away for that . |
| 19 | He says that it was half it 's normal weight . |
| 20 | Do you feel that it was then you had proved yourself in broadcasting ? |
| 21 | Suddenly she wanted him gone so urgently that it was all she could do not to order him to get out . |
| 22 | She was so weary that it was all she could do not to put her head down on the table and close her eyes . |
| 23 | His eyes narrowed on her pale , proud face as she backed away from him , her heart beating so rapidly that it was all she could do not to betray her agitation by raising her hands to calm it . |
| 24 | The tears on Cullam 's cheeks awoke in him a nausea and a rage so fierce that it was all he could do to prevent himself from striking him . |
| 25 | The object he had tripped over was the pistol ; it was so heavy that it was all he could do to raise it . |