Example sentences of "it [was/were] [prep] [pron] father " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diana knew it was about her father . |
| 2 | It was through his father 's title that John Dalrymple was designated Master of Stair . |
| 3 | It was with his father Paul 's encouragement that Pascal eventually set to work on the project , which has been ‘ something of a labour of love over the last few years ’ . |
| 4 | While his father was still alive , the Prince Regent had married secretly a Roman Catholic widow , Maria Fitzherbert , but as it was without his father 's consent , it was contrary to the Royal Marriage Act of 1772 , so in 1795 , he married his cousin , Caroline of Brunswick , and a daughter was born , Princess Charlotte , but George IV and Caroline grew to loathe one another , so from 1796 they lived apart . |
| 5 | They had a row in my presence and when it was over my father gave my mother five hundred pounds . ’ |
| 6 | He knew that it had been a joke , because when it was over his father laughed so much that the laughter was still echoing around them as they started back towards the light . |
| 7 | She thought it was from her father that she 'd inherited her logical mind and a way with figures . |
| 8 | The monument was raised by the power of the state as a piece of political theatre extravagant enough to be seen from miles and years away , as it was by my father when he passed on the Bapaume Road in the summer of 1944 . |
| 9 | ‘ It was in her father 's will , ’ he said , evenly . |
| 10 | It was unlike his father not to comment on his health . |