Example sentences of "[to-vb] that it [be] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found herself walking along the road saying ‘ I 'll talk it all over with Alan when I get in — he 'll know what to do ’ , only to remember that it was Alan who was the cause of the heartache . |
| 2 | Hugh Kenner is no doubt right to suppose that it was Pound who had been thinking of it . |
| 3 | Blanche did not want to mention that it was Capron who had forbidden Urquhart to meet her again . |
| 4 | She may appear to become quite self= centred , and those who have been doing all they can to help her may become exasperated and tempted to hint that it is time she tried to ‘ pull herself together ’ , for by then they too will be feeling the strain . |
| 5 | However , it hardly seems satisfactory to say that it is conscience which tells us that conscience should be at the controls , for presumably self love would say the same of itself if given its head . |