Example sentences of "[vb pp] that it was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Especially when they are tipped that it was you who topped him . ’ |
| 2 | They , the audience , were what mattered , for it should never be forgotten that it was their patronage and their applause which truly kept the theatre alive . |
| 3 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |
| 4 | I did just what I had to do , and never realised that it was my best . |
| 5 | She had obviously not noticed that it was her own number . |
| 6 | I have far fewer friends and I am partially sighted , which makes me a lot more vulnerable ; but whatever happens physically , I have always said that it was what happened mentally that mattered . |
| 7 | I have far few friends and I am partially sighted , which makes me a lot more vulnerable ; but whatever happens physically , I have always said that it was what happened mentally that mattered . |
| 8 | Then he was up and levering the round boulder free , not listening to it crash down the mountain , doubting if the attackers would hear or see — and , if they did , whether they would be persuaded that it was his own body tumbling — but it was one extra little chance that cost him only a few seconds . |
| 9 | Caroline had disappeared but it had been shown that it was nothing to do with him . |
| 10 | She was working with a variety group and we laughed together when Sir Henry , who had still a lot of influence , let it be known that it was his wish that Miss Anne Zeigler married Mr Webster Booth . |
| 11 | The offending blob had been on the left side of the X-ray as I had looked at it , and I had assumed that it was my left lung that was affected . |
| 12 | The maydes came in to make the bed , and hearing a thing in a case cry Tick , Tick , Tick , presently concluded that it was his Devill , and took it by the string with the tongues , and threw it out of the windowe into the mote ( to drown the Devill ) . |
| 13 | Hardy firmly believed that it was his duty to face up to the unpleasant aspects of life , if by so doing he could show sympathy with his fellow man and , perhaps , after all , offer hope for improvement in the future . |
| 14 | Her mother had once remarked that it was her opinion that Harry had actually caused Nathan 's idiocy in a fit of temper soon after he was born , and through whispered gossip over the years she had guessed that Tristram had become the focus of conflict between his parents and that he had found it increasingly necessary to defend both Nathan and his mother against his father 's violent outbursts of temper . |
| 15 | You have admitted that it was I who caused all the evidence to fall into a pattern . |
| 16 | Then he 'd realized that it was no-one he would recognize . |
| 17 | Tony Zanetta : ‘ I think DeFries finally realized that it was it . |
| 18 | he 'd realized that it was my birthday , and wha , what did I want ? |
| 19 | Earlier he had been officially advised that it was his legal right to have his solicitor present ; but surprisingly Downes had taken no advantage of the offer . |
| 20 | She could have suggested that it was none of his business , or have made an excuse that she 'd forgotten to put it on , but , wits scattered , with her usual honesty she blurted out the exact truth . |