Example sentences of "[vb infin] that it was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How did you know that it was his van ; there must be plenty of Mini vans about ? ’ |
| 2 | She did n't think that it was her place to do so nor did she want to appear to be a burden to the man she loved . |
| 3 | Somehow him telling that lie that turned out to be nearly true made him feel that it was his fault . |
| 4 | They treated him like one of them , complimenting him on his astuteness , until he began to genuinely believe that it was he who had selected Node Check , that he was an expert on account trading before he 'd learned anything about the stock market in general . |
| 5 | ‘ If you cast your mind back , you 'll remember that it was your idea to come to Oxford this weekend . |
| 6 | A second difficulty with this most obvious method of testing is that , even if a preponderance of Protestants were to emerge , it would not follow that it was their religious convictions that supplied the motivation for their science . |
| 7 | He saw two eyes and then the cloak was thrown away from the face and he could see that it was her , blue-lipped with cold , reaching for him . |
| 8 | However , at this distance from the monster , she could see that it was none other than her own tabby cat , which for some reason had grown to the size of a mammoth . |
| 9 | Foxe describes how ‘ Master Tyndale , a man of no great stature ’ , was courteously persuaded to walk ahead , whilst the tall and comely Philips behind him pointed over his head ‘ so that the officers who sat at the door might see that it was he whom they should take ; as the officers that took Master Tyndale afterwards told Poyntz , they pitied to see his simplicity when they took him . ’ |
| 10 | When a city and its territory was divided between two kings we should understand that it was their revenues that were at stake , although certain cities also had a strategic importance , which may also have been a matter of concern . |
| 11 | Inevitably there was a lot of sycophantic non sense around her too.Thus when she made a blood donation , the director of the clinic declared that the room would remain a shrine for her and everyone who now had a transfusion would insist that it was her divine blood that flowed and miraculously and potently into his veins . |
| 12 | Michael Kalisher QC told the jury : ‘ If you or I or even Nigel Mansell drove along that road at that speed no-one would suggest that it was anything other than reckless driving . ’ |
| 13 | Should I also anticipate that it was my duty to eradicate , not only the monster , but the author of monsters ? |
| 14 | Wright already has six this term and although statistics will show he was only second on the bill yesterday , discerning patrons will appreciate that it was his intuitive skills that lifted the depression of a scrappy first 30 minutes . |
| 15 | Mr Smith taunted : ‘ The country will never forget that it was your Government and your Chancellor who told us unemployment was a price well worth paying . |
| 16 | He may recall that it was his party and not mine that cut health and welfare expenditure in the 1970s . |
| 17 | However , you need to be able to establish and prove that it was you who created the copyright . |
| 18 | As soon as he confessed what he knew , fumbling the hideous admission as they came out of a rather good film about love that he had hardly been able to stand , she managed to make it seem that it was he , not she , who was the disturber of their lives . |
| 19 | No one would dare say that it was his fault outright , but he knew what was going on in everyone else 's mind . |
| 20 | No one can say that it was I who insisted on having someone in . |
| 21 | You could argue that it was it was his right of way . . |