Example sentences of "[pers pn] that it was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I that it was you . |
| 2 | You 're going to try to tell me that it was him , not you ? |
| 3 | But it had never struck me that it was something he would notice . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Are you going to tell me that it was someone who came back on the train from London who gave you the key ? ’ |
| 6 | I quickly told them that it was their problem and they who had to sort it out . |
| 7 | How very arrogant you are , Feargal , and might I remind you that it was you who sought me out , not the other way round ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She told him that it was her intention to make her maiden speech at the conference . |
| 10 | I did not remind him that it was I who had replaced the newspaper with mended panes and the sacking with curtains . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Her instinct told her that it was something far more worrying . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Rumour had it that it was he who brought it to the attention of Chamberlain , who became President of the Board of Trade at the same time as Plimsoll left the House , that numbers of lives lost at sea , after falling as a result of the Load Line Act , were now again on the increase . |
| 15 | The divi was very important which is why I , as a Guild 's woman erm through I suppose the memories of mother , was so adamant in against the dividend stamps because to us , that woman who I 'd just been talking about , Councillor Mrs always , I 'm sure no one would mind me saying it , but she always used to tell us that it was her thrift and she saved and they brought their house through this , the Co-op you see . |