Example sentences of "it was his " in BNC.
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| 31 | If the Queen Mother provided a mother figure for Charles , it was his great-uncle , Lord Mountbatten , who became a father substitute . |
| 32 | Polo is the Prince 's game because it was his father 's game and also Mountbatten 's ; and it is the ultimate test . |
| 33 | He believed it was his duty to speak out . |
| 34 | Rank could blame the government all he liked , but it was his own policies which had antagonized the Americans , alienated audiences and significantly increased the company 's overdraft . |
| 35 | Although Korda was now more of a financier than an active producer , it was his suggestion that led Graham Greene to visit Austria to see if he could find the background in the four-power occupation of Vienna which would inspire him to extend his one-line story : ‘ I had paid my last farewell to Harry less than a week ago , when his coffin was lowered in the frozen February ground , so that it was with incredulity that I saw him pass by , without a sign of recognition , among the host of strangers in the Strand . ’ |
| 36 | His message was clear : his own position was paramount and as there was a malignancy risk , it was his job to persuade — or bludgeon — her into the operating room . |
| 37 | In fact it was his identical twin , whom nobody knew about , and who had come back to tidy up his brother 's affairs . |
| 38 | It was his tenant John Combes who revolutionized Reddish , on the assumption that Cray would pay for most of it . |
| 39 | It was his grandson who , in 1831 , enlisted the help of a Lambton , who had just been made Earl of Durham , to prove his claim to the Earldom of Perth . |
| 40 | I do n't know what happened at this particular gig , but I know it was his home town — it was the most important gig to David because it was in front of a home crowd . |
| 41 | I think , first of all , it was his amazing confidence and great personality . |
| 42 | I liked the material he was doing — not all of it was his own , incidentally — but particularly . |
| 43 | The only reason he was there every week was because it was his gig and he had arranged the Beckenham Arts Lab . |
| 44 | ‘ Well , it was his money , was n't it , and I was only his niece . |
| 45 | This he usually did , and often it was his eldest son . |
| 46 | Although Mr Cossiga has now backed down , it was his most serious mishap to date . |
| 47 | The Treatises supported such arguments , and it was his having , and being suspected by the government of having , such seditious views that made it necessary for Locke to flee to Holland in 1683 . |
| 48 | It was his fifth Test century of the year , and he passed 1,000 runs for the year in his eighth match . |
| 49 | Jane was invariably caught out by Cecil Beaton on the telephone , thinking it was his housekeeper . |
| 50 | It was his fault she had to go all the way back to the house . |
| 51 | It was his Dad who came up with his tea . |
| 52 | Somehow him telling that lie that turned out to be nearly true made him feel that it was his fault . |
| 53 | ‘ It was his chest he phoned you about , was it ? , |
| 54 | It was his Mum again . |
| 55 | It was his dog they were rescuing but he was clueless like a little kid . |
| 56 | It was his fault . |
| 57 | We talked a lot during those months on the same bench together , and it was his influence which set me on the trade union path . |
| 58 | It was his way . |
| 59 | But it was his heart , and as everyone said , you can never tell with hearts . |
| 60 | It was his hobby . |