Example sentences of "[conj] it was [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had taken a week to obtain , and had Hapsburg officialdom realized that it was for him rather than Aranyos it would have been unlikely to arrive before the end of the war . |
| 2 | Not only would I have refrained from interfering with Thorpe J. 's decision on the footing that he had properly directed himself and that it was for him to decide , but because , even on the facts as they then were , I consider that his decision was plainly right . |
| 3 | But Caspar , belatedly gallant , said that it was for him to lead the way . |
| 4 | The stranger might refuse to admit defeat and maintain simply that the person sitting on the bench was not I , that he was I , and that it was with him that the man who was now doubting his identity was having a conversation a moment ago . |
| 5 | When she finally reached the top she agreed with a young couple from Leeds that it was worth it for the view , which was stupendous in spite of a slight heat haze that hung in the air . |
| 6 | our conversation 's even more riveting than it was before it went on . |
| 7 | As far as the RAF was concerned , they had this nice little lull when losses fell substantially , so it was for us a calm period in the storm . |
| 8 | Yet his criticism of false miracles undermined the foundations of popular belief and it was to him that the future heretic Blanco White acknowledged his debt . |
| 9 | Since then they had come into contact over one or two smaller matters , and it was to him that Greg naturally went in the aftermath of Hilda Machin 's death . |
| 10 | On the whole , it was the left wing that was the more creative and influential , and it was to it that some of the men we must now mention belonged . |
| 11 | I wonder what it 'd be like if the phone suddenly rung and it was for me . |
| 12 | Discipline was rigid and we respected it , but resented it too , because of a particular juvenile arrogance that must have been founded on the knowledge that the world was changing a lot more than they realised , and it was for us that it was changing . |
| 13 | Most of my Eton contemporaries at Oxford were at Christ Church , Trinity , Balliol or New College , and it was with them I spent much of my time . |
| 14 | After the war a man called Alec Howson in Barnard Castle ran the trips and it was with him that we went to Loch Lomond . |
| 15 | A tilt to the left and it had taken his wing and was driving him back down to the ground ; correction to the right and it was at him that way , turning him round and out of control . |
| 16 | As he opened his eyes and smiled at her strangely , she added , ‘ And it was worth it in the end . |
| 17 | He also taught us music and it was through him that I learned of its expressive nature . |
| 18 | Innocent certainly knew the position of Monaco and it was through him probably that the pope made known his conditions for the acceptance of Otto . |
| 19 | The MRC contained radical SR members but was dominated by Bolsheviks and it was through it that the October uprising was planned . |
| 20 | And it was in me thoughts that I bred a bunch of punch-drunk pansies who could n't use their heads or , for that matter , any other part of their make-up , 'cept their fists . |
| 21 | First there was a vague lightening of the sky ahead , then the drumming of the rain was less persistent , the lesser darkness in the heavens spread until it was over them , they could distinguish the greater irregularities of the ground , the last few drops of rain splashed down and a blissful silence spread around them broken only by the sibillations of the water draining away among the rocks and the splash of their sodden feet . |
| 22 | He 'll never have to see himself day after day in a mirror and wonder if it was worth it because he 's blind , you see . |
| 23 | But she still was n't convinced , so I said , listen , I 'll tell you something , if it was between you and your husband , if I was going to have an affair with one of you , it would be you ! |
| 24 | No , no if it was from a blood transplant then I 'd feel sorry for them , but if it was from you know , then I do n't . |
| 25 | It was hard work — but it was worth it ! |
| 26 | I had to wait till I was 40 to get him — but it was worth it . ’ |
| 27 | This one had cost him sixpence , a lot out of his ten shillings a week wages , but it was worth it . |
| 28 | Daniel , who spent £75 on new games and equipment , added : ‘ We had to wait for ages but it was worth it . ’ |
| 29 | Having to stop on every other move to bury one hand at a time in the confines of barely warm armpits made for rather a stilted ascent , but it was worth it . |
| 30 | Unfortunately the Docklands Light Railway was not working that day , which made it difficult to get to , but it was worth it . |