Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] it was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's desperate to score one and it was rather curious on Saturday that it was his shot , parried by , a player with an England pedigree should better than the Palace goalkeeper did on that occasion . |
| 2 | It flashed through my mind that it was someone who was allowed out in the grounds of Bourani and down at Moutsa only on pain of keeping herself concealed . |
| 3 | By then James had , somewhat unwillingly , been persuaded by Mar and a few of his leading supporters that it was his duty to preserve the dynasty by making his escape . |
| 4 | Back in 1980 Geoff Yeadon had told Geoff Crossley that it was his ambition to see King Pot and the East Kingsdale Master Cave , linked to West Kingsdale and Keld Head . |
| 5 | At , at the ca , at the gala at Wellingborough and it was their opening night , there was a band on called Me and Him |
| 6 | Whatever his reasons for staying , Reg certainly knew his football and it was he who turned a team of no-hopers into one capable of sustaining a bottom six position for the rest of the decade . |
| 7 | In the time of the Labour Government the Chief Secretary had been Joel Barnett and it was he who had forced Barbara Castle into her major and controversial changes . |
| 8 | Just a reply to that though if for instance the foyer bar became a jazz club and it was it was a the jazz club all the time then it would get a name of it 's own and it would get a reasonable quality . |
| 9 | In unoccupied Spain the constituted authorities did not have the excuse of overwhelming military force and it was their failure in crisis which condemned the ancien régime . |
| 10 | There was a seriously dangerous note in his voice now , Cassie thought , so caught up in the play that she hardly realized that she was part of the script and it was she whom Johnny was talking about . |
| 11 | A quiet , soft-spoken man , he arrived at the yards in the dark days of 1983 fresh from a difficult stint at British Shipbuilders and it was he who persuaded the Government to allow a management/employee buyout in 1988 . |
| 12 | He was forced to use the Sword Masters of Hoeth and other agents to seek out the devotees of the Cult of Pleasure and it was his unpleasant task to sign many death warrants . |
| 13 | This is because I can always ask ‘ Would I still prescribe that action if it was I who had that desire ? ’ |
| 14 | Your worships , er , there 's nothing at all more sinister in the failure to stop and failure to report than than that , i th that is a a true record of the er er er of the incident as far as Mrs was concerned erm and it is something which erm comes about an accident which came about probably through the inexperience of the children er , running across the pedestrian crossing thinking that they have priority erm and not having regard to other road users er , and Mrs was travelling at slow speed but it was she was put in a difficult position by the the way in which the children ran across the road . |
| 15 | For the bear because it was his thing , for the little girl because of the shouting — " |
| 16 | Quite apart from the blunder there was one moment near the end of the game when he was walking around on the stage of Sadler 's Wells , unaware for a few minutes that it was his move . |
| 17 | The truth is that there is an embarrassment of riches in Joyce 's work that it was what to leave out which posed the problem , not what to include . |
| 18 | " It took us a couple of years to persuade the council that it was their fault not ours . |
| 19 | Farah Aydid told a United States journalist in early December that it was his aim to " capture Mahdi " , whom he described in an International Herald Tribune report of Dec. 10 as more corrupt and dictatorial than former President Siyad Barre . |
| 20 | Others were in lidded baskets until it was their turn ; more tied in sacks ; a few buttoned into deep pockets . |
| 21 | But under the revised membership clause of the constitution the Rev W. B. Sleight , who was not a missioner , was eligible for this honour and it was he , who , " in accordance with the general feeling " , was elected the first President of the BDDA . |
| 22 | He might be directly responsible for taking away her pleasure in singing — though that would surely be only a temporary aberration on her part — but she could only hold him to account for her loneliness if it was his company she was missing . |
| 23 | This show is the highlight of the year for Rottweiler enthusiasts and it was my privilege to be able to handle a UK import to win Best of Breed here in 1986 . |
| 24 | His silence following the question made her wonder if it was something he had no wish to divulge , but at last he said with simple sincerity , ‘ She sent you to me . ’ |
| 25 | I certainly would n't do a portrait unless it was someone I 'd really like to do . |
| 26 | ‘ We were under a bit of pressure in the second half but it was our fault . |
| 27 | She did n't have the lead but it was still a big part and it was her first time on the stage since the scandal . |
| 28 | Angels posed obligingly in front of my easel and it was nothing for Christ to stand on the river in front of this Mill . |
| 29 | Must of been on one of the other computers and er it went on for ages and it was you know it 's was irritating more than anything ! |
| 30 | Laurence Gilliam of the BBC in London arranged and produced these impressive programmes and it was my pleasure and privilege to work with him for the Vancouver region for several years running . |