Example sentences of "that it was his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The integration of the farm worker into this occupational community meant that it was his prestige among his fellow workers and neighbours that mattered most to him . |
| 2 | One farmer in North Wales admitted that it was his wife who had trained him in lambing techniques after having been on a training course . |
| 3 | And he obviously did n't know and it was n't public knowledge that it was his wife that was |
| 4 | How appropriate that it was his try which sealed Ireland 's glorious victory over England at Lansdowne Road last Saturday . |
| 5 | At a recent press conference in Lahore , Nawaz Sharif claimed that it was his peace mission which brought about the joint US-Soviet communique which embarrassed the Bush government on the eve of Bush 's ‘ State of the Nation ’ address . |
| 6 | I was to learn that it was his way of controlling his temper . |
| 7 | Dad wasted no words and said that it was his bird in the box whereupon C … tried to brazen out the situation by saying he had found the cockbird in the garden and was taking it to the market in the morning . |
| 8 | He looked after the little girl throughout the journey , everyone , including the Gestapo guards , assuming that it was his sister nestling in his lap . |
| 9 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |
| 10 | it was Mr that posed the question to me and I understood that it was his idea |
| 11 | And further , he said that it was his determination to see me again , to persuade me to live with him , that had streng-thened in him the desire to go on living , a desire that had been weak since the death of Montaine . |
| 12 | But sleep came unawares , for he was woken by Luib in the dark and told by the peppery old Myrcan that it was his watch , and that Corrary was on after him . |
| 13 | He had informed his silent audience of the death — just ‘ death ’ — of Dr Kemp ; explained that in order to establish the , er , totality of events , it would be necessary for everyone to complete a little questionnaire ( duly distributed ) , sign and date it , and hand it in to Sergeant Lewis ; that the departure of the coach would have to be postponed until late afternoon , perhaps , with lunch by courtesy of The Randolph ; that Mr Cedric Downes had volunteered to fix something up for that morning , from about 10.45 to 12.15 ; that ( in Morse 's opinion ) activity was a splendid antidote to adversity , and that it was his hope that all the group would avail themselves of Mr Downes 's kind offer ; that if they could all think back to the previous day 's events and try to recall anything , however seemingly insignificant , that might have appeared unusual , surprising , out-of-character — well , that was often just the sort of thing that got criminal cases solved . |
| 14 | Back in 1980 Geoff Yeadon had told Geoff Crossley that it was his ambition to see King Pot and the East Kingsdale Master Cave , linked to West Kingsdale and Keld Head . |
| 15 | He may recall that it was his party and not mine that cut health and welfare expenditure in the 1970s . |
| 16 | Labour candidate Peter Mandelson urged him to admit that it was his party 's policies which had created mass unemployment in the town . |
| 17 | Quite apart from the blunder there was one moment near the end of the game when he was walking around on the stage of Sadler 's Wells , unaware for a few minutes that it was his move . |
| 18 | The agreement recited that John had left all his estate to his executors by his will but that , shortly before his death , he had declared in the presence of several witnesses that he wished his widow to have the cottage for her life or so long as she continued a widow ; and that , though this wish was never put into writing , the executors were convinced that it was his desire and were willing and desirous that it should be put into effect . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | By then James had , somewhat unwillingly , been persuaded by Mar and a few of his leading supporters that it was his duty to preserve the dynasty by making his escape . |
| 21 | When she 'd been selected , and automatically compelled to leave the Navy , taking an appointment at a civilian hospital , he 'd told himself that it was his duty to visit her to see that she was settled in … not lonely . |
| 22 | He told them that he was answerable to Parliament alone when he made decisions and that it was his duty to take into account the wider interests of the public . |
| 23 | As ruler of Aquitaine Henry felt that it was his duty to impose a settlement , but in recent years Louis VII had been showing some interest in this region , which lay on the route between Paris and Toulouse . |
| 24 | Nevertheless there is little doubt that in the cases of Frederick and Joseph at least a feeling that an enlightened ruler ought to be above merely personal and family considerations , that it was his duty to sacrifice them ruthlessly on the altar of the State , was a factor in their behaviour to their own blood relations . |
| 25 | They believed that he held his kingdom from God , that it was his duty to provide peace and justice and to further Christianity , and that his life should be a fitting example to his people . |
| 26 | Harris finished and the packed courtroom sat in pregnant silence waiting for Philip Drew to take the stand , remembering that it was his prerogative whether he did so or not . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | Mehmed II , however , angered because Molla Yegan had been an active and very vocal opponent of the siege , retorted that it was his sword , not Molla Yegan 's prayers , which had achieved the victory . |
| 29 | Farah Aydid told a United States journalist in early December that it was his aim to " capture Mahdi " , whom he described in an International Herald Tribune report of Dec. 10 as more corrupt and dictatorial than former President Siyad Barre . |
| 30 | Bede represents Oswald as bringing under his sway all the peoples of Britain , divided by language into Angles , Britons , Picts and Irish ( HE 111 , 6 ) , but elsewhere writes that it was his brother and successor Oswiu , who made tributary the Picts and the Scots who inhabited the northern parts of Britain ( HE 11 , 5 ) . |