Example sentences of "[vb past] it [be] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was such stillness in him that when he moved it was like something dead had come alive again . |
| 2 | He found it was at its worst in the late evenings when he sat alone in Fern Cottage . |
| 3 | When I painted it was for myself , I could afford the luxury of spending two years on a painting ; I did n't have to worry about whether anyone was interested in it or not or whether I would exhibit it in a commercial gallery or whether it would be sold . |
| 4 | It had a Birmingham postmark and was addressed to ‘ Robert Hilton ’ and she assumed it was for her son . |
| 5 | Yeah , well she reckoned it 's on it lovely actually . |
| 6 | At first , customers kept their mouths shut not just because they signed nondisclosure agreements , but because they figured it was in their interest to do so . |
| 7 | ‘ When you talked it was like you 'd just thought of it . |
| 8 | After peering through our binoculars , we decided it was on its way to the lowest ledges to scavenge from the roosting sites . |
| 9 | It seems to be a facet of nature that the lower a creature is on the scale of consciousness , the less there is for it to learn , and the more slavishly bound it is to its instincts . |
| 10 | ‘ He was charming , ’ she lied , and felt it was worth it to see him look relieved . |
| 11 | Barrow , the former Liphook all-rounder , wants to continue playing Minor Counties cricket for Berkshire and felt it was in his interests to join a division one side . |
| 12 | ‘ I felt it was in our interests to renegotiate the deal . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He knew it was of his own making but that was not useful knowledge because he could not unmake it . |
| 15 | Everything was wonderful , he said , and she knew it was for him . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
| 18 | As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I knew it was about me . |
| 20 | Diana knew it was about her father . |
| 21 | She knew it was about her . |
| 22 | I knew it was in my heart . |
| 23 | From the handwriting he knew it was from his mother , and he ran to his workshop to read it . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought it was worth something ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I would , ’ she retorted , ‘ if I thought it was worth my while spending the money . |
| 26 | But I thought it was worth it , until this happened . |
| 27 | I thought it was worth it , two thirty nine . |
| 28 | Sometimes he thought it was of his own making : he was unaccustomed to working closely with women and this one was still young and attractive which made him self-conscious . |
| 29 | She thought it was from her father that she 'd inherited her logical mind and a way with figures . |
| 30 | I thought it was from you . ’ |