Example sentences of "[subord] it was he " in BNC.

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1 I wondered if it was him , playing on a pre-recorded tape ; or his brother .
2 Gloria had gone in and a person at a window had waved once but Dot had n't known if it was him .
3 I left the stores man wondering if it was him or me who was mad .
4 He wondered if it was him .
5 Yet Travis — if it was him — had exacted a promise from her that she must n't breathe a word about Rosemary .
6 And it , now she 's got to have the curtains replaced and I wondered if it was him who 'd come
7 I ca n't er I du n no actually , I 'm not sure if it was him , he had a friend called Rob and he was a blond beautiful boy as well and they were both blond beautiful boys together sort of thing
8 Mr Luther , if it was he , stuffed it into one of his saddlebags and freewheeled the bike back on to the road , kick-started and was away .
9 If it was he did n't .
10 if it was he 's in a bad way int he ?
11 He 's devoted his life to the cause and if Patrick came back there 's no question as to who he 'd want to control the show , because it was he that called Peter ‘ The Sacred Keeper of My Sacred Conscience ’ .
12 She believes Gedge is anxious to play it down because it was he who took it more seriously than herself .
13 Apparently it belongs to this boy Svend because it was he who suggested they go to Copenhagen instead of staying on in Roskilde when the pop festival ended . ’
14 During that Division One term , Alan was Palace 's joint third-top scorer , with six priceless goals , while it was he who notched Palace 's extra-time winner against Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-final , to secure our first-ever appearance in an FA Cup Final and earn everlasting fame among Palace supporters .
15 She laughed out loud , since it was he who had set the pace .
16 But whether it was him or someone else … or just bad luck . ’
17 Another second Forest player seemed to go in then I do n't know whether it was him that caught Speedy rather than Cooper with the initial challenge .
18 When it was he proceeded to colour it , either from memory , or with colour notes made under the same conditions as the original drawing , paying attention most of all to tonal values and local colour .
19 But towards her he was being punctilious in a way which seemed slightly out of character , as though he did not quite know how to approach her , even though it was he who had brought her here .
20 As it was he had to be satisfied with a rise of 48 per cent to £514,558 , well below the highest-paid public company boss , Lord Hanson , who received £1.5million for his efforts .
21 Remembering that he had sent Catherine Crane to see Angela Morgan 's employers , he decided to find out how she had got on ; late as it was he did not think she would have gone off duty without reporting to him .
22 Near the close , Holding began to lay about him and was dropped off a skyer ; next morning he continued in the same vein to ensure his team a first innings lead , and ensure , too , that Bob Willis 's Test career would end on an unhappy note as it was he who took most of the stick .
23 In the eighteenth century he would have become prime minister before he was thirty ; as it was he appeared honourably ineligible for the struggle of life .
24 As it was he tried to think of other things .
25 As it was he had obviously grown tired of the regular struggles and gone off to find someone who gave in more readily .
26 Without employing his own servants as agents and deputies Sadler obviously could not have managed his group of offices ; as it was he complained of seldom going to bed before midnight and generally waking by 4. a.m .
27 As it was he had to find his own way out of an embrace involving him far more seriously than he intended .
28 It was ironic , especially as it was he who was causing her world to come crashing about her head .
29 In Bartlett v. Sydney Marcus ( 1965 C.A. ) the seller , a car dealer , told the buyer that the car had a defective clutch and that if he bought it as it was he could have it for £550 but that if the seller were to repair it first , the price would be £575 .
30 It was certainly an eventful day for Eddis as it was he who put Comrades further in front on 27 minutes , heading in from close range after Grant was unable to hold Philip Leckey 's firmly struck angled shot .
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