Example sentences of "it [was/were] [art] [noun] of [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was no concern of hers , in any event . |
| 2 | I decide , I I choose , I will come , I will receive it , but the actual giving of that life , t is the same as the giving of the life to that babe , it was no choice of it , it was no , did n't i , was n't determined by it 's own will . |
| 3 | On the one occasion when I made a direct appeal to her , in connection with the battle against the closed shop for journalists which I describe later , her response was gratifyingly supportive and it was no fault of hers that she was unable to persuade Lord Hailsham to a course of action that might well have altered journalistic history . |
| 4 | I took it he knew what he was about , and it was no business of ours to be curious about the abbey 's affairs . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Document A. That the man , who was belligerent on several occasions at first , threatening the social worker called in by the Visitor , said it was no business of theirs as it was a family matter and that the girl 's father , his own brother , had given his consent , and what more could you want , and there was no higher authority than that , and no wonder there was so much crime on the streets if the government took away the father 's power , and why did n't they do something about crime on the streets instead of invading people 's homes . |
| 6 | She reasoned that , if the Shills wished not to be disturbed , it was no business of hers or indeed of the police . |
| 7 | Melissa was about to retort that Dora had every right to be concerned about her friend , but reminded herself that it was no business of hers and that in any case , Dora was quite capable of fighting her own battles . |
| 8 | Shelley had been watching them , amused at this family banter , knowing that it was no business of hers to stay , now that she knew the old man was all right . |
| 9 | The chivalry towards women which gentleman were supposed to possess — but often did n't — was a very real part of Neil 's nature , and , having seen what was happening , he could not stand by , or walk away , telling himself that it was no business of his . |
| 10 | It was no doing of mine . |
| 11 | Melanie Simmonite says she started 20 years ago … her husband did it so it was a case of you ca n't beat them join them … |
| 12 | it was a case of you stop , let . |
| 13 | Nothing much could happen to her on a sunny September afternoon between here and the launderette , and Mrs Barakhda who ran it was a friend of hers , or the nearest Lili had to a friend . |
| 14 | It was a sister-in-law of mine that bought it . |
| 15 | After a moment he added caustically , ‘ However , I presume you 're not going to try and deny that it was a portrait of you ? ’ |
| 16 | It was a part of him , as sure and certain as his pulse-beat . |
| 17 | It felt so good tucked there , so snug and firm under his armpit like it was a part of him . |
| 18 | Though it was no dream , it was a part of her . |
| 19 | It was a superstition of mine . |
| 20 | It was a favourite of his , because he identified with the third line of its first verse — He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword . |
| 21 | I think it was a combination of it was an okay movie , but it was also a wonderful subject , a wonderful subject . |
| 22 | Jack Butler was almost ugly when he was angry ; it was a side of him that the many thousands of women who watched racing only to catch a glimpse of him never saw . |
| 23 | All we had to do was to pay the expense of the helicopter that brought him in because at that time he was appearing at the Prince of Wales and it was a matter of him fitting his time in with his performances , you see ? |
| 24 | ‘ It was a matter of us owning up ourselves . ’ |
| 25 | Yes it was a duty of them was n't it ? |
| 26 | Alec wore a navy-blue romper suit — the outfit of a French workman , or indeed that of some little new-wave narcissist at a C. L. & S. screening It was the sight of him in his issued clothing that made me sense just how far he had fallen . |
| 27 | I told him it was the size of it all disturbed me . |
| 28 | ‘ Celeste was never in love with me , it was the idea of me that she loved . |
| 29 | It was the thought of her that had drawn me back to the Lodge with my dream , and if this odd enterprise had any meaning at all it must lie , I believed , somewhere between the three of us . |
| 30 | I do n't wish to be disrespectful , and everybody has a right to their own taste , but it was the colour of it that really put me off . |