Example sentences of "his [noun sg] was [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miller said his resignation was because it was best for the re-emerging company . |
| 2 | When Susan Einzig was appointed to the illustration department in 1946 she saw instantly how destructive Minton 's influence could be , for the drawback of his teaching was that it did little to encourage the discovery of a personal style . |
| 3 | ‘ His tale was that it was n't working properly . |
| 4 | My father had left , but everything apart from his absence was as it had been . |
| 5 | His argument was that it would free my father to return to the States , but Ron is never so simple . ’ |