Example sentences of "[verb] that it was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How did you know that it was his van ; there must be plenty of Mini vans about ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ My lord , I have good reason to know that it was you who said a word for me in his Grace 's ear , and gave me this day for thought , and even offered me arguments I was not wise enough to find for myself . |
| 3 | Especially when they are tipped that it was you who topped him . ’ |
| 4 | They , the audience , were what mattered , for it should never be forgotten that it was their patronage and their applause which truly kept the theatre alive . |
| 5 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |
| 6 | Although she often maintained that it was her own choice not to attend , she told an American interviewer , I would love to go to board meetings where he [ Bernard ] is chairman but I 'm not invited . |
| 7 | She joked that it was her favourite occupation . |
| 8 | Furious , he got up to complain to his neighbour , only to discover that it was his own dog which he had accidently shut outside before going to bed . |
| 9 | If they failed to reach agreement , the Queen would summon them and simply say that it was their business to ensure that the Queen 's government was carried on . |
| 10 | Bede represents Oswald as bringing under his sway all the peoples of Britain , divided by language into Angles , Britons , Picts and Irish ( HE 111 , 6 ) , but elsewhere writes that it was his brother and successor Oswiu , who made tributary the Picts and the Scots who inhabited the northern parts of Britain ( HE 11 , 5 ) . |
| 11 | People forget that it was they who freed the country from Pol Pot , otherwise many more would have died than the one million who were starved , tortured , and executed between 1975-78 . |
| 12 | Everything seemed to indicate that it was our friend Argol , or some flunkey of his . |
| 13 | Eric 's name was not given but it was not difficult to guess that it was him . |
| 14 | Who remembers or cares that it was he , who as minister of local government , introduced the poll tax and defended it passionately to the death ? |
| 15 | I did just what I had to do , and never realised that it was my best . |
| 16 | That night she dreamt that they were all , Larry and Philippa and John and Conrad and Demian and herself , dancing the hornpipe on the deck of a warship that was ploughing through a storm , but Demian 's leg was tragically maimed and would not keep in step and Conrad was shouting at him like a great actor-manager , and the tears were streaming down Demian 's face , or so she thought , until she realized that it was she who was crying , crying for the sick one , praying that her tears would heal his wound . |
| 17 | She did n't think that it was her place to do so nor did she want to appear to be a burden to the man she loved . |
| 18 | The critics and defeated rivals of Anca Petrescu in the competition for the Comrade 's patronage insist that it was her idea to resolve the question of the approach road to the Civic Centre by the most dramatic and destructive means . |
| 19 | When questioned , Mason , the carpenter , agreed that it was he who had raised the flag , but said that he had done so because he had been prematurely informed of the relief of Mafeking . |
| 20 | But she quotes approvingly our television critic , Richard Last , a month or so back : ‘ Melvyn Bragg 's controversial A Time to Dance ( BBC1 ) ended on a believably tender note , suggesting that it was his producer or director , rather than the author , who miscalculated the grossness of earlier episodes . ’ |
| 21 | Suddenly Shelley could n't see , and she realised that it was her tears that had blinded her . |
| 22 | In some ways Donaldson realised that it was he that was actually doing all the learning-Bobo was using a vocabulary that she 'd already acquired , whilst he was struggling to adapt himself to it . |
| 23 | After my fourth or fifth lesson I was able to see that it was I who was causing myself the discomfort . |
| 24 | To us , the black laver bread looked dreadful , poisonous , but we understood and respected that it was something Welsh , something special . |
| 25 | Obviously , it is in a ‘ plugger 's ’ interest to claim that it was his or her work which made a record into a hit , but if you employ a ‘ plugger ’ it is worth being sceptical when deciding what to believe . |
| 26 | Previously , she would have been driven by my father , but she announced that it was her intention to travel , alone , by train . |
| 27 | The Director of Public Prosecutions urged the Greater Manchester police to investigate the trial in the light of allegations of police corruption , while the Manchester police authority announced that it was itself to hold such an inquiry . |
| 28 | Anyway , the day after we all arrived in Newark , Tibby announced that it was his birthday , and Stanford had the idea of hiring a private dining-room at the Ram … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The police and ambulance arrived on the scene very rapidly and the other driver admitted that it was her fault . |
| 30 | One farmer in North Wales admitted that it was his wife who had trained him in lambing techniques after having been on a training course . |