Example sentences of "it [was/were] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | In it were his drawings , curious long heads with pupilless eyes , some of them in blue and red chalk . |
| 2 | I prefer it that way , too , ’ says Palin , for all the world as though it were his idea . |
| 3 | He loved the child , and was endlessly kind and thoughtful towards it , as fond of it as if it were his own . |
| 4 | ‘ Whilst there may be sanctuary men and sanctuary women — ’ he pointed out , producing as it were his trump card , ‘ — since children can commit no crime for which asylum would be needed , the privilege of sanctuary can not be extended to them . |
| 5 | One would need to know things — technical things — about speech , about why and how rhythm worked , about selection of nouns and word order to explain how he could state with finality — so that the words for it were his words — simple truths . |
| 6 | Berndt said , as though it were his incisive wit alone which had arrived at the nub , ‘ The question is , what do we do with her in the meantime ? |
| 7 | The waiter arrived with the third bottle of Valpolicella and Urquhart poured himself a glass with the same relish as if it were his first . |
| 8 | She dimly saw Aunt Emily by the fire and the silver tea service winked on a table beside her , and there , in front of the fire , standing there as comfortably as if it were his own fire , she saw with no surprise at all , that it was Michael Swinton . |
| 9 | He had paid it as if it were his own . |
| 10 | He does not do this by behaving as if it were his personal project , but by quietly ensuring that things get done as decided . |
| 11 | He smiled — the unknown , rare smile , as if it were his wife he was going to meet — and , lifting his glittering sword , thrust it upwards and forwards . |
| 12 | He does not do this by behaving as if it were his personal project , but by quietly ensuring that things get done as decided . |
| 13 | Until the two old ladies with their umbrellas shattered his dream , he had walked through the streets of Brighton as if it were his own kingdom , doffing his flat cap to passers-by who could n't help hearing him coming from two blocks away . |
| 14 | He treated the assets comprised in the trust fund as his own and the trustee as though it were his mere agent or nominee . |
| 15 | How dared this man think that he could just move back into her life — after five long years — and then begin treating this place as if it were his own home ? |
| 16 | and that pen that he broke were n't mine it were his . |
| 17 | Cos she says you would n't lend me none when I lived at Arthur 's , I says no because every time I lent one at our Arthur 's he swore black and blue it were his . |
| 18 | Thought it was his due . |
| 19 | It was his 17th birthday , when family affection towards him was especially warm and confident and feelings of young manhood were rife . |
| 20 | It was his turn to visit me . |
| 21 | It was his third visit . |
| 22 | It was his return of serve that was unbelievable . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , ’ he adds , ‘ it was his destiny . ’ |
| 24 | It was his support which perhaps influenced both Wilson rackets and View From clothing to sponsor her . |
| 25 | Since it was his turn at the sharp end , Mick set out on what we thought would be the crux of the route . |
| 26 | Sleep is the only cure for such turbulence , but it 's difficult to achieve , and Mick was hardly rested by the time it was his turn to lead in the dampness of the new morning . |
| 27 | Binyon 's volume does however bear out quite touchingly one point that Mrs Lowndes makes : that Hewlett 's ambition was to be known as a poet rather than novelist , though it was his historical romances in Wardour Street prose that brought him fame and money . |
| 28 | It was his pick-up and feed from a scrum which sent David Wright in for the first of his tries and then the No. 8 charged over from a similar situation to grab the lead on the stroke of half-time . |
| 29 | It was his decision , for example , to shift a military pay day to 29 September , one of the last days of fiscal 1989 , from 1 October , the beginning of fiscal 1990 . |
| 30 | It was his critics , Mr Clarke said , who had confused themselves by saying there would be one . |