Example sentences of "[vb past] it was [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When you talked it was like you 'd just thought of it . |
| 2 | ‘ He was charming , ’ she lied , and felt it was worth it to see him look relieved . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Everything was wonderful , he said , and she knew it was for him . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
| 7 | As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I knew it was about me . |
| 9 | She knew it was about her . |
| 10 | But I thought it was worth it , until this happened . |
| 11 | I thought it was worth it , two thirty nine . |
| 12 | I thought it was from you . ’ |
| 13 | True the first formers had had to go to bed an hour earlier , but they all voted it was worth it , Gwendoline felt vicious about the whole affair , she 'd determining not to be put off by her first day there . |
| 14 | Nick , who paid £240 in fines , said it was worth it . |
| 15 | It was called ‘ Billy Bayswater ’ and she said it was about me . |
| 16 | She took the call and said it was for me . |
| 17 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 18 | He said it was for him the perfect realization of Sibelius as a passionate but anti-sensual composer . |
| 19 | But he said it was for you and gave me the phone back to take a message . |