Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] it was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I that it was you . |
| 2 | Towards the end of this review I put in a call to Ovation 's distributors , Korg UK , to check on some details , and after raving on about what a great guitar I though it was I was told that Korg did n't want it back . |
| 3 | You 're going to try to tell me that it was him , not you ? |
| 4 | But it had never struck me that it was something he would notice . |
| 5 | She 's in the basement watching ‘ the telly ’ ' — he picked out the words sarcastically — ‘ though she did glance away from the screen just long enough to tell me that it was her mother 's bingo night . |
| 6 | Are you going to tell me that it was someone who came back on the train from London who gave you the key ? ’ |
| 7 | I quickly told them that it was their problem and they who had to sort it out . |
| 8 | Just for a second , for one brief surprising second , the old man admitted to himself that it was he who had created this pitiful excuse for a man , and his conscience , that bothersome thing which he had buried long ago , rose to haunt him . |
| 9 | When she 'd been selected , and automatically compelled to leave the Navy , taking an appointment at a civilian hospital , he 'd told himself that it was his duty to visit her to see that she was settled in … not lonely . |
| 10 | ‘ Mick was close beside me and it was anybody 's race . |
| 11 | They asked me if it was my son , I said yes and I went out to tell Elizabeth . |
| 12 | How very arrogant you are , Feargal , and might I remind you that it was you who sought me out , not the other way round ? ’ |
| 13 | a voice came er , from the , the back of beyond and Keith said , oh he said Sheila has just reminded me to tell you that it was my idea . |
| 14 | This visit , he told Alice as the train took them back to London later that evening , had been a very happy one and it was his intention to go down to Calking to see them all again very soon . |
| 15 | WordPerfect on it to compare it with the other one and it was I er said |
| 16 | He said : ‘ I got family and friends to video the match for me because it was my great chance to make a name for myself in front of millions on TV — and I blew it . ’ |
| 17 | Helpless in the grip of emotions that refused to be denied , she finally admitted to herself that it was what she wanted ; what she had wanted since he had kissed her , oh , so gently , in the kitchen . |
| 18 | She looked around at the other people in the water , and when she saw Matthew , brown and sinewy , poised on the board for a swift controlled racing dive , she admitted to herself that it was him she was searching for . |
| 19 | All through Saturday , she worked on it , telling herself that it was none of her business . |
| 20 | She told him that it was her intention to make her maiden speech at the conference . |
| 21 | I did not remind him that it was I who had replaced the newspaper with mended panes and the sacking with curtains . |
| 22 | The latter had evidently enquired as to whose command Stirling 's detachment came under and Smith informed him that it was his , but that L Detachment would revert to GHQ control on completion of their current tasks . |
| 23 | Her instinct told her that it was something far more worrying . |
| 24 | Mrs McMahon felt herself incapable of assisting Terry to dress because it had only just burst upon her that it was her daughter getting married and she would leave and never be seen again . |
| 25 | The very best people went to him and it was her intention , once she had saved the necessary two dollars , to do likewise . |
| 26 | I even asked her if it was her that smashed that kiosk up ! |
| 27 | He did n't need to ask her if it was she who had told him . |
| 28 | He had never pretended to love her and it was her misfortune that the time that had meant nothing to him had made her his forever . |
| 29 | Without a word he left her and it was his failure to make a suitable response that really got to her . |
| 30 | I do n't know how these boys got in with him but it was him who put them up to all this . |