Example sentences of "[coord] it was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody er erm or it was nobody thought about it li that was taken for granted . |
| 2 | From now on ‘ Laura Ashley ’ was Welsh or it was nothing . |
| 3 | The Romans were always good at finding a sheltered and beautiful site and it was they who first settled here . |
| 4 | In the 1060s and 1070s Sicily fell to the Normans , and it was they who eventually captured Palermo in 1072 . |
| 5 | He despised homosexuals , and although there were plenty of other sexually depraved aristocrats around at the time , he was unfortunate enough to have married into a family ( the Montreuils ) who had strong court connections , and it was they who made sure that he was jailed , partly to get him off their backs ( so to Speak ) and partly as an example to others . |
| 6 | The funeral trade furnished funerals in accordance with the rank of the deceased , and it was they who decided on the suitable coffin type , quality of lining and shroud . |
| 7 | Fortunately some of the neighbours intervened , and it was they who invented the sobriquet . |
| 8 | For it was as if the confusion was gone and it was they — the Men , the wind , the voices of the others , that were slowing , and he who had all the time he needed . |
| 9 | They are the couple who have been looking after the twins , and it was they who first contacted my mother earlier this morning . |
| 10 | Mr Lear 's lasting contribution to the pastime was the formation of an informal country walking club of retired gentlemen , the Midweek Walkers , and it was they he last bid farewell to . |
| 11 | And Bobby picked up the phone when the phone rang and it was her and she sai erm Bob said yes ? |
| 12 | Two putts and it was ours again . |
| 13 | There was only one plan that would do that , Caroline thought , and it was hers . |
| 14 | They always passed at about the same time , right after midnight , and it was something he liked to watch , the way other people watch sunsets or the ocean . |
| 15 | But whatever she was up to — and it was something — she spent days ticking and marking the party guest list , a thick , creamy piece of paper she kept with her at all times . |
| 16 | By now I had a baby sister Clare , and it was something that happened to her which helped to shape my destiny and provided the first step on my road to Koraloona . |
| 17 | He talked , it was true , with a little too much self-confidence , and she could tell that his views were not entirely original , but she did not really care , because they were interesting , and it was something to be interested . |
| 18 | But every little detail seemed crucial and it was something I struggled with all the way through , but knowing that Cathy , Joan and I were all on the same wavelength and felt the same level of commitment was a great relief . |
| 19 | It was something that had puzzled him during all his years at Court , and it was something that had stayed with him . |
| 20 | Not all doctors did trust nurses , she had found , and it was something that always made her timid and hesitant . |
| 21 | His curtain could be seen from the square and it was something worth looking at . |
| 22 | I 'd only experienced them through other people and it was something I could n't bear to think about , really , because my mother had died of it and all I could remember was a series of silences and around the silence was terror to me . |
| 23 | people latched onto it as something that was n't a political strike , was n't being led by militants , revolutionaries , what have you , and it was something , it was just for the freedom of the working man if you like , and his standard of living was not gon na suffer because of bosses intransig intransigence I 'll say it right in a while , and what have you . |
| 24 | It had such incredible dignity and power , and it was something that made these villagers , these people who were being so tiresome , give way to her as she walked through them , and it 's in the music . |
| 25 | He had played the worst of tricks on her , making her lose all her self-respect , and it was something that would rankle in her heart for the rest of her life . |
| 26 | So Penny rang those numbers to find out where it was and it was something to do with the council or something . |
| 27 | No matter what part divine intervention had played , the Polish government had learned a very practical lesson , and it was one that the Danzig dockers would come to regret most bitterly . |
| 28 | Pawnbrokers had a role in society , and it was one which writers in social and literary reviews were constantly querying . |
| 29 | He had made that appointment five days ago and it was one that he would keep . |
| 30 | As it was , the five weeks seemed like a lifetime , and it was one that took its toll of parents and children . |