Example sentences of "it was [noun] [subord] [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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1 | She watched him go , realizing it was weeks since they had sat down for dinner together without an interruption , and over a week since they had made love . |
2 | because it was Tuesday so I had to have next choose the following weeks ' . |
3 | It was noon before they had completed the morning 's tasks , and as they came out from the buildings to go across to the house , the snow had ceased to fall . |
4 | It was Saturday so they had put up the green fee from four and sixpence to seven and six and she could n't bear to waste the money . |
5 | But it was years since she had felt at ease in any store which went back a long way from the street and therefore had no windows through which she could see daylight . |
6 | It was years since she had last been to an art class . |
7 | It was years since she had ridden a bike too , not since she had been at school and had cycled home each day . |
8 | It was years since she had spent time alone with her father . |
9 | It was years since he had read it but he thought Jung had said something about the universal need for secret societies . |
10 | And he had to confess that it was years since he had had such notions . |
11 | It was mid-afternoon before she had Les Hiboux sorted to her approximate satisfaction . |