Example sentences of "[vb past] it [be] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 At least , she assumed it was Dick who spoke .
2 Leith and Sebastian had been in their flat a month when Sebastian declared it was time they had a flat-warming party .
3 She guessed it was Finn who watched her most , unless the brothers took turns .
4 He had a winging moustache and a goatee beard but he moved tentatively , uncertainly , and Melanie guessed it was Finn who worked him .
5 I figured it was time I interrupted the monologue .
6 As his chauffeur drove him back to Blue Ash Farm in the Lincoln , he decided it was love which gave her that special glow , that sparkle , that vivacity which drew the young men round her like flies .
7 her uncle and aunt decided it was time she took a husband , their choice for her being Manfro Draper , a posh-rat like herself .
8 Jessamy woke up on the morning of her twenty-fourth birthday and decided it was time she put her life in order .
9 how you can persist in being so utterly incompetent bewilders me , and so while indulging in a little light entertainment in the ZZAP ! offices ( brutally torturing the staff for being human ) I decided it was time I found a solution to the problem .
10 I just decided it was time I … knew more .
11 ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’
12 He decided it was time he improved his Test record in 1989 when England were mauled at home by the Australians and he lost his wicket several times to Terry Alderman .
13 I felt it was security yer wanted .
14 ‘ I felt it was time you had your own . ’
15 Philip knew it was time he was getting back .
16 The Collector knew it was time he hurried downstairs … he had expected that something like this would happen , but not so quickly .
17 Remember , I assumed you knew it was Jennifer who had broken off the engagement and the reason she did so . ’
18 thought it were road he put all four in , and he went down , up
19 For a moment she thought it was Scathach himself who came towards her ; her mind was full of the vision from the oak tree , of the young man , identically dressed , bleeding out his life …
20 Oh I thought it was pears you were short of
21 I thought it was kangaroos you were so het up about ? ’
22 For a moment — ah , Dieu ! — I thought it was Isabelle herself , who had dared to return . ’
23 ‘ Because my aunt — Emily 's mother — thought it was time we … ’ he gestured to Emily , who was peeling off her eggshell , ‘ … time we met . ’
24 I thought it was time you got involved in it too , my friend .
25 She relayed several more messages , conveying by her voice that she thought it was time he appeared in his office .
26 His bosses thought it was time he got back into
27 The way things were going I thought it was time I had a slit trench to dive into .
28 Reading Mary Bailey 's article this month , which is both a celebration of seven years of service to the hobby , and a cry from the heart to help her to help you , I thought it was time I promoted , explained and outlined our superb readers ' query service .
29 ‘ I thought it was time I began looking like a human being , ’ she snapped .
30 ‘ And everyone thought it was Gramps who was the father ? ’
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