Example sentences of "it was [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the days of his partnership with Tim Rice , it was Rice who took charge of the " front of house " publicity , handling the round of chat-shows and press interviews with a breezy and plausible charm . |
| 2 | During the formative years of broadcasting it was cinema which produced the predominant images of lesbians and gay men . |
| 3 | No , I was thinking it was shock you actually said it actually . |
| 4 | Although it was Church who originally proposed the use of ‘ pinches ’ and ‘ scoops ’ for measuring out the components of salt-sugar solutions for the purpose of oral rehydration , it was BRAC which adapted this method for use by the people of Bangladesh . |
| 5 | And why did it tear her apart because it was fitzAlan who had said those terrible things to her ? |
| 6 | It was money I was never expecting . |
| 7 | It was Gran who answered , stronger than Ruth despite everything . |
| 8 | Oh yes Dan used to stand outside calling er get your nice steak or get your nice egg bun and all this , they mostly had barkers , and it was competition you see between the , there was er Smiths the pork butchers , erm Cliffs the pork butchers , that was nearly by McMillans that were I forget and there used to be Olivers shoe shop round there and a Mr used to erm I do n't know whether you 've heard of Percy , no , and erm his father used to manage it and erm behind the Angel Alley you know the Angel Alley , well that was down shop there , and then there were several maid shops and there was the erm grocers , that 's er before you turn o that 's on the same side as Street , it , is it , is it Moors in Street , there 's a hardware shop on the corner now straight in the market place ? |
| 9 | Er of course , it was rather dangerous work , really , because it was stuff we was dealing with . |
| 10 | It was Finn who showed their rooms to Melanie and Jonathon . |
| 11 | Or was it because it was Finn who kissed her and not a man like the men in whose arms she had imagined herself when she used to imagine things like that , in the past ? |
| 12 | She guessed it was Finn who watched her most , unless the brothers took turns . |
| 13 | He had a winging moustache and a goatee beard but he moved tentatively , uncertainly , and Melanie guessed it was Finn who worked him . |
| 14 | Well it was it was charity you see . |
| 15 | ‘ Because Burun will not go — if it was reconnaissance I think he might , but it is not — and so I can not . ’ |
| 16 | Or , as one of my students once put it to me , ironically , when I was still preaching this gospel , ‘ I know , Sir , it was racism what dun n it . ’ |
| 17 | For example , when we complained about our laundry not getting done at the hotel , and about our rooms not being done , it was Sun who went to the hotel and sorted things out . |
| 18 | But it was theatre which sucked in an eager audience across the channel . |
| 19 | It was Ten-huc who defused it , perhaps showing that old age brings wisdom even to pirates . |
| 20 | It was Blackberry who spoke next . |
| 21 | It was Blackberry who bullied the stupefied Pipkin to his feet and forced him to limp the few yards to the gravel spit . |
| 22 | As his chauffeur drove him back to Blue Ash Farm in the Lincoln , he decided it was love which gave her that special glow , that sparkle , that vivacity which drew the young men round her like flies . |
| 23 | Then they were turning into Mahogany Drive and something lurched inside him , as if it was love he was meeting , not death . |
| 24 | It was love he felt — and not only for her : for the pathetic room , the faded carpet , the floor boards , the stove , everything . |
| 25 | It was love he was beginning to experience , and what a joke that was . |
| 26 | It was love I felt ; yes , when I have read your books I feel more loving , and it is no use being alive if one does n't feel that . ’ |
| 27 | It was knowledge which could be postponed until they were days older and more experienced in the ways of ‘ La Felicità ’ . |
| 28 | But in the end , it was Mum who broke into the circle of silence . |
| 29 | It was sex I was worrying about . |
| 30 | But for the majority it was purity which provided the language both to challenge men 's immorality and to stake out their own claim to speak about sex . |