Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [coord] it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Felipe took no notice whatever of his sister and it was Maggie who had to comfort her and assure her that no harm had been done . |
| 2 | He offered his resignation but it was turned down by Mr Major . |
| 3 | He left a note explaining his action and it was read out at the inquest . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know what was going on in his mind but it was n't going to do him much good . |
| 5 | His memory of yesterday evening was patchy : he had several pictures like still photographs in his mind but it was difficult to link them together . |
| 6 | Whatever his reasons for staying , Reg certainly knew his football and it was he who turned a team of no-hopers into one capable of sustaining a bottom six position for the rest of the decade . |
| 7 | The Spencers held a dance that weekend in his honour and it was noticeable that Sarah was enthusiastic in her attentions . |
| 8 | She was aware of his body-heat and it was making her head swim . |
| 9 | He argues that while only a few of the Palestinian sites have been linked by archaeology with the Bible , the bulk of the names in the Yemen area are to be found stated in the Bible and that this was where Abraham , the Caravan King , had his home and it was here that the Israelites settled after they had crossed the Red Sea with Moses . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's changed his appearance but it was Bernard . ’ |
| 11 | That could lose Mr Lamont his job but it was John Major who took Britain into the ERM with an over-valued pound . |
| 12 | I went into his room and it was pitch dark . |
| 13 | Yes , well er he owned a property near Stratford-on-Avon as well , so there 's no terrible problem there , after all , er Shakespeare was his pseudonym and it was a pseudonym like George Orwell , like , like any other , Blair , Orwell , de Vere , Shakespeare . |
| 14 | Robbo quite rightly got his chance and it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to fight for my place or not . |
| 15 | She could sympathize with his chagrin but it was hardly enough to keep him awake at night . |
| 16 | It was n't his wife and it was n't Eloise Brückner . |
| 17 | And he mantled his wings and reared up his head and it was not whispers or meekness or acceptance that came from him . |
| 18 | Sadly , as the Master Bomber on a raid against Le Mans railway yards on 19/20 May 1944 , he collided with his Deputy and it was indeed ironic that they both actually marked the aiming point with their burning aircraft . |
| 19 | The ball from Gascgoine to Ball the other night when he scored his great goal was a little dink just over the top , outside of his fort and it was a little one over the top of there was n't it ? |
| 20 | Parker smoked and drank his beer and it was not nearly so bad as he had first supposed . |
| 21 | It was quite coincidental that June , by her search for a new life in California , drew him towards what would be the hub of the rest of his life and it was touch and go whether he stayed or went back to Neptune . |
| 22 | Mr Reynolds often looked tired and anxious during the days preceding his operation and it was important that the ward nurses gave him opportunities to ask questions and express his fears and also ensured that he had time to rest . |
| 23 | Later , both sloppy drunk , he climbed on and gave it to her and just before he came she put a finger up his asshole and it was the strangest sensation he 's ever had . |
| 24 | " And everywhere he is in chains ! " cried the Collector urgently in his delirium , causing both young ladies to turn anxiously towards his bed but it was nothing , merely a passing fancy in his overheated brain . |
| 25 | It was n't the sort of thing he would have put on the wall next to his bed but it was a lot more acceptable than Mr Pilkington in a black cowl . |
| 26 | Two injury-ravaged sides understandably lacked precision and poise but Gabbiadini was always direct in his approach and it was appropriate that he should give Sunderland the lead six minutes before the interval . |
| 27 | Endill bent down and tried to reach his hand but it was too far away . |
| 28 | There was a feeling in the pit of his stomach and it was not hunger . |
| 29 | He had been writing short stories and inventing film scripts since his childhood but it was not until 1940 that one was accepted for publication by Cyril Connolly [ q.v. ] in Horizon . |
| 30 | Molyneux , like Richmond , won his freedom as a result of his boxing and it was he , more than any other early black sportsman , who ‘ showed how prize fighting could be the means by which a man of his colour might gain prominence and a certain undeniable importance akin to a theatrical star ’ ( Farr , 1964 , p.3 ) . |