Example sentences of "it was [noun prp] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tabitha , turning involuntarily , knew it was Saskia by her moustache . |
| 2 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 3 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 4 | And my poor mam you know , she used to scrub her hands with erm it was n't Dettol it was Lysol in them days was n't it what they used to use . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was Marie on her way home , her cycle slowed down as she took in the interesting spectacle , and Jenna looked up , startled , catching the gleam in the girl 's eyes . |
| 7 | 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 . |