Example sentences of "[verb] it was [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christopher Court , MP , had no difficulty in getting straight through on the telephone to Chief Superintendent Coffin once he had decided it was to him he wished to speak . |
| 2 | They did n't feel for example they could go into the advice centre , they did n't feel it was for them . |
| 3 | Well , you could see it was worth it . |
| 4 | ‘ When you talked it was like you 'd just thought of it . |
| 5 | I was furiously angry , and I needed desperately to believe it was with you … |
| 6 | ‘ He was charming , ’ she lied , and felt it was worth it to see him look relieved . |
| 7 | Undry was in her mind , shedding troubled surges of light through deep darkness ; what am I going to do ? she wondered , and knew it was beyond her to decide anything . |
| 8 | Everything was wonderful , he said , and she knew it was for him . |
| 9 | Then not long after , we were both walking under some scaffolding — she was already under it and out of view — when a workman whistled , so I knew it was for me , not her . |
| 10 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
| 11 | As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I knew it was about me . |
| 13 | She knew it was about her . |
| 14 | But I thought it was worth it , until this happened . |
| 15 | I thought it was worth it , two thirty nine . |
| 16 | I thought it was from you . ’ |
| 17 | They were her protectors , older , stronger , more clever and brave , and yet they had assumed it was for her to say what they were to do . |
| 18 | And what do you think it was for me ? |
| 19 | I had some guys come up , and they were , they were really pissed off with me because , my mum sort of like , this guy just done this with th th the stall next door , but he left some stuff that he obviously already had things of , which he did n't think it was worth him buying , and this guy came round , and they were obviously from one of these , you know how you get erm , secondhand erm record stores |
| 20 | Well I have n't done anything at the moment because I di I did n't think it was worth it actually . |
| 21 | Well I have n't done anything at the moment because I did n't I did n't think it was worth it actually . |
| 22 | That is but I do n't think it was after me . |
| 23 | And so , i I mean it was to me it was a total waste of time over there ! |
| 24 | True the first formers had had to go to bed an hour earlier , but they all voted it was worth it , Gwendoline felt vicious about the whole affair , she 'd determining not to be put off by her first day there . |
| 25 | It cost seven guineas but I think it was worth it . |
| 26 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 27 | I think it was for you . |
| 28 | There was a knock on the door in the early hours of the morning , she had curlers in her hair , and my father , thinking it was for him , told her not to panic . |
| 29 | Nick , who paid £240 in fines , said it was worth it . |
| 30 | It was called ‘ Billy Bayswater ’ and she said it was about me . |