Example sentences of "[coord] it was [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I wonder what it 'd be like if the phone suddenly rung and it was for me . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As he opened his eyes and smiled at her strangely , she added , ‘ And it was worth it in the end . |
| 10 | He also taught us music and it was through him that I learned of its expressive nature . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The MRC contained radical SR members but was dominated by Bolsheviks and it was through it that the October uprising was planned . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was hard work — but it was worth it ! |
| 15 | I had to wait till I was 40 to get him — but it was worth it . ’ |
| 16 | This one had cost him sixpence , a lot out of his ten shillings a week wages , but it was worth it . |
| 17 | Daniel , who spent £75 on new games and equipment , added : ‘ We had to wait for ages but it was worth it . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Unfortunately the Docklands Light Railway was not working that day , which made it difficult to get to , but it was worth it . |
| 20 | It was very hard work but it was worth it . |
| 21 | ‘ Cost me nigh on that again to restore it back to its original beauty , but it was worth it . |
| 22 | Cost me another two quid but it was worth it . ’ |
| 23 | But it was worth it . |
| 24 | But it was worth it , to give Hilda Machin a piece of her mind . |
| 25 | She had put her heart on the line , but it was worth it . |
| 26 | But it was worth it to keep the wolves from the door . |
| 27 | I was sorry about the kites , and I knew that I 'd have to give up flying them for good to keep the act looking realistic , but it was worth it . |
| 28 | ‘ You certainly know how to be angry with a man , querida — but it was worth it all to hear you apologising , on that journey back from the hospital . |
| 29 | But it was worth it . |
| 30 | er Yeah , only a lot , only a lot , er but it was worth it . |