Example sentences of "it was [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was women they wanted up there to spread some common sense among them . |
| 2 | United 's Frenchman milked the applause after his tap-in equaliser ended the excitement , but the red army hailed the wrong player at the end — it was Sharpe they should have saluted . |
| 3 | When it was midnight they took the body of the Cid , fastened to the saddle as it was , and placed it upon his horse Bavieca , and fastened the saddle well : and the body sate so upright and well that it seemed as if he was alive . |
| 4 | They had dug up those bones at Wyvis Hall and had decided it was murder they were investigating . |
| 5 | It was shrapnel they call it . |
| 6 | It was time they stopped designing buildings without a thought for the people who had to live in them , he said . |
| 7 | It was time they transferred their attentions from ‘ the municipal privy ’ to suites at top hotels where those sort of drugs deals are carried out . |
| 8 | She took in the scene and told Seth it was time they straightened out . |
| 9 | Already the warmth was draining from the air and he knew that it was time they were moving . |
| 10 | It seemed to Annie that no sooner had Tamar arrived in the market hall , than Goodison was by her side , suggesting that it was time they started off for home . |
| 11 | Carrie was afraid at first that Albert would despise such a babyish pastime but he seemed to enjoy it as much as Nick did , shouting with laughter when he tripped over bumps in the ice and not wanting to stop , even when she said it was time they were going . |
| 12 | It was time they were down . |
| 13 | It was time they all had a holiday . |
| 14 | Perhaps , thought Theodora dispassionately , it was time they had to answer advertisements for their posts , satisfy a set of agreed criteria and become answerable to those who paid for their upkeep . |
| 15 | At last the golden afternoon was over , and Robbie heard with regret Fen 's decree that it was time they returned to Water Gypsy . |
| 16 | Leith and Sebastian had been in their flat a month when Sebastian declared it was time they had a flat-warming party . |
| 17 | Besides it was Colm they were talking about . |
| 18 | The fears of the city builders were , it seems , justified after all , and it was God they had to fear . |
| 19 | It was madness they had stayed , drank still , and deeply , of the heady wine . |
| 20 | The instigators of the revolt were Hugh and Matfrid , the dis-honoured of 828 : it was Pippin they turned to first ; and when Charles 's mother Judith was taken from her husband 's side , and accused of adultery with Bernard , she was sent to custody in Aquitaine , at Ste-Croix , Poitiers . |
| 21 | The Judge said the gang may have been in a state of panic , but the police were unarmed and it was miracle they were n't seriously injured . |