Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [coord] it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People passed by without a glance in her direction and it was as though she had suddenly become invisible . |
| 2 | When she first began to have coaching in horsemanship , she was obsessed with her progress and it was her main topic of conversation whenever Stephen joined them for dinner . |
| 3 | Clouds of smoke were indeed seen billowing up from her deck but it was later established that her cargo was being burnt to destroy the evidence . |
| 4 | Melanie nudged the detached torso with her foot but it was too heavy to shift . |
| 5 | He was taking an unholy delight in her discomfiture and it was high time that he was taken down a peg . |
| 6 | We had Su Friedrich , who 's a lesbian experimental film maker from New York here last year and a whole section of the documentary programme was devoted to her work and it was hugely successful , really stimulating and had a huge audience . ’ |
| 7 | With a great effort she immersed herself in her work and it was n't until Myra put her head round the door that she realised how quickly the time had gone . |
| 8 | She 'd often been accused of impersonality in her work and it was the criticism that stung her most . |
| 9 | Where Richard was during these years of military and diplomatic manoeuvring we do not know , but it is a reasonable guess that he was with his mother , since Aquitaine was her duchy and it was by her wish that it was to be made over to him . |
| 10 | ‘ The firework burned the top of her head but it was lucky it was n't her face . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Once we got to the hospital I could feel her head and it was the first moment it all became real for me . |
| 12 | ‘ Her life was utterly devoted to her art and it was a devotion she demanded from others . |
| 13 | So they knew her name and it was all right . |
| 14 | And she said she hit me with her elbow and it was n't it . |
| 15 | She was late already and wanted to tidy herself up before her appointment and it was nearly two o'clock . |
| 16 | Jones ( Note ) [ 1957 ] 1 W.L.R. 1118 , also cited by Kerr L.J. , a granddaughter was allowed to occupy one room in the house of her grandmother and it was held that the granddaughter was entitled to succeed to the tenancy of the whole house . |
| 17 | ‘ I was there for her birth and it was the most exciting thing I have ever experienced ! ’ exclaimed the father of the baby , and the owner of a home movie of strictly limited appeal . |
| 18 | On my life , I ordered one of them for my friend 's daughter for her birthday and it was ten pounds that 's two ninety nine . |
| 19 | Pushing her back into her chair , he gave her back her glass and it was a measure of her distress that she actually reached out and took it . |
| 20 | This was her idea and it was her time . |
| 21 | She needed to weep , but there was a pain in her throat and it was stopping the tears , so she laughed instead . |
| 22 | There were gasps from MPs when Mr Clarke said : ‘ On a number of occasions in late June and July , my office sought an interview with her office and it was declined . ’ |
| 23 | There were gasps from MPs when Mr Clarke said : ‘ On a number of occasions in late June and July my office sought an interview with her office and it was declined . |
| 24 | She held it to her face and it was so beautiful . |
| 25 | Then we had erm , the other people next door , the woman erm , who was supposed to be a man-eater , we 'd actually looked round her house and it was ident identical to ours and we looked , we looked all the way round her house and like , she said , oh yeah , all the building 's the same but just in reverse and like , we met all the neighbours , plus the woman opposite had n't seen the flat , |