Example sentences of "it [was/were] [noun] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was pride in his beauty that was his undoing ! ’ |
| 2 | He knows the place well — it was part of his Foreign Office brief three years ago — and he impressed people there with his sympathetic views . |
| 3 | He gave her the money then , and said it was part of his retainer for the season . ’ |
| 4 | Later , I saw it was part of his fear : if I had the means to escape , perhaps I would use it ? |
| 5 | He liked comfort and it was part of his image . |
| 6 | It came at him again , and he could just make out that it was part of his bunk , one of the side panels . |
| 7 | Suddenly his status as a student was no longer something to be concealed , it was part of his consciousness . |
| 8 | Art could not speak , he had become so used to meeting Daphne for lunch once a week , it was part of his life , he felt shocked , strange , bereft . |
| 9 | It is a pity ; for it was commentators of his stature , followed by journalists of no stature , who promoted an excessive negative emphasis on Leonard which was out of balance with his work as a whole . |
| 10 | Henry II , moreover , had performed homage while King and although it was homage for his continental possessions and not for his kingdom , this was a step to which none of his predecessors as Kings of England had ever steeled themselves . |
| 11 | He could remember them discussing it over the ironing and himself on the floor playing with his soldiers behind the sofa and keeping very quiet about it because it was way past his bedtime . |
| 12 | The Dungarvan Leader once commended a candidate " with a record of achievement " in these revealing terms : " He has consistently fought in the Waterford County Council ( of which body he has been a member for many years ) for amenities for the town , and it was thanks to his representations that the long-suffering residents of the old road had a footpath provided in front of their homes to prevent flooding . |
| 13 | For all his enjoyment of the work and the companionship of his team the lad was not sorry when the ground covered , about half an acre , showed that it was time for his midday snack . |
| 14 | Berowne 's only explanation had been that he felt it was time for his life to take a new direction . |
| 15 | There was once a king who decided that it was time for his son to marry . |
| 16 | Er that was at the time of er er King Edward the seventh , s It was time of his death was n't it ? |
| 17 | It was Anderson in his Manchester pamphlet who most conspicuously at this early stage of the antislavery campaign raised the free-labour argument and implicitly defined its appropriateness to man 's nature . |
| 18 | It was Francis with his head back laughing , inhaling all the joy of the world ; Francis delighting in the flowers he threw together with branches and invited me to enjoy . |