Example sentences of "and it was [prep] him " in BNC.

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1 Yet his criticism of false miracles undermined the foundations of popular belief and it was to him that the future heretic Blanco White acknowledged his debt .
2 Since then they had come into contact over one or two smaller matters , and it was to him that Greg naturally went in the aftermath of Hilda Machin 's death .
3 After the war a man called Alec Howson in Barnard Castle ran the trips and it was with him that we went to Loch Lomond .
4 A tilt to the left and it had taken his wing and was driving him back down to the ground ; correction to the right and it was at him that way , turning him round and out of control .
5 He also taught us music and it was through him that I learned of its expressive nature .
6 Innocent certainly knew the position of Monaco and it was through him probably that the pope made known his conditions for the acceptance of Otto .
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