Example sentences of "it was [art] [noun] he " in BNC.

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1 obviously it was no good he , you could smoke like a chimney it made no damn difference the state his insides were
2 It was a tune he recognized — an old nursery rhyme .
3 It was a resolve he had fulfilled for as long as he could , relishing settling his mind on sacred thoughts and holy themes in an effort to make himself spiritually equal to the demands of his calling .
4 It was a stare he felt he understood , for it felt like his own .
5 In the end , he decided it was a classic he could n't improve on .
6 It was a tone he was growing familiar with .
7 In the end it was a battle he was destined to win , and , in the process , to become the first man since Nick Faldo at this year 's P.G.A .
8 It was a building he did n't particularly want to see , though he did n't imagine he could ever succeed in burying its memories and associations .
9 It was a decision he was later to regret .
10 St Ives said it was a mercy he had n't after all approached Meredith and asked him to give her the push .
11 ‘ His face was smashed up … it was a wonder he could even stand .
12 It was a glimmering he had , but no more than that , and she cast him down from the height of her knowledge .
13 It was a smell he had come to associate with Auguste Didier 's kitchens , and after an hour in Naseby 's company , it was all the more welcome .
14 It was a fate he not only accepted but embraced .
15 It was a laugh he did n't think he had in him .
16 Bon genre — it was a type he detested .
17 It was a memory he had n't known he had , and even now he knew very little about it beyond the fact that it involved him and his father and a railway tunnel .
18 It was a pact he had made within himself , and with those powers , if they existed , known as Callanish .
19 It was a technique he employed when grilling a suspect he knew well .
20 It was a promise he was to keep many times .
21 It was a question he could not have answered in words .
22 It was a question he had asked himself .
23 He said it was a preparation he had to take for diabetes .
24 The day before the battle , Dulé had marked certain rocks on the beach in an attempt to warn Ariel ; it was a way he had communicated with her now and then , on his sorties from Oualie .
25 It was a knack he had .
26 It was a pity he did n't get the opportunity to do the same against France in the final .
27 He was so strong and confident , so sure of himself , that it was a pity he held all women in contempt .
28 but , it was a pity he was able to speak on the telephone , so
29 It was a principle he consistently defended .
30 Nutty remembered supposing that Nails would hit a bullseye every time if he pretended it was a policeman he was shooting at , and wondered how she was going to reconcile that .
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