Example sentences of "but it was [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't mind so much but it was me who had to make all the moves when Andy and I first got started . ’ |
| 2 | Mum felt that she 's failed me by not stopping me sooner , but it was me who 'd let us both down . |
| 3 | But it was me that skipped sideways on to the cobbles . |
| 4 | I could have resisted him until we were married , and I know he would have waited , but it was me who did n't want to wait . |
| 5 | ‘ Ah , but it was me , Miss Honey , ’ Matilda said . |
| 6 | But it was me she wanted to talk to now . |
| 7 | But it was me who allowed myself to get fat , so it was me who had to make the effort to get slim . |
| 8 | Both of us went down and rolled off the hard , wet pavement into the gutter , but it was me who cracked the back of his head en route and me who got a boot in the stomach which even my US Navy parka did little to cushion . |
| 9 | But it was her , and I was thinking after she 's sure to have retired now . |
| 10 | I do n't know how these boys got in with him but it was him who put them up to all this . |
| 11 | ‘ I could n't see him properly , not in the dark , but it was him all right . |
| 12 | But it was him , I 'd stake my life on it . ’ |
| 13 | But it was you they wanted to kill ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Forgive me , ’ he enjoined her , his tone edged with mockery , ‘ but it was you , was it not , who introduced the subject ? ’ |
| 15 | But it was you who had to fight to get double time for the men who worked on a Sunday . ’ |
| 16 | what 's it called ca n't think of the name of the blooming thing now but it was you did a line across , then you learn to do a long stitch |
| 17 | Yeah I like him , mm you do n't pay nothing , we paid seventy P to see the Batchelors but it was you in , in , you know , your in |
| 18 | But it was she the older , the larger and clumsier , who listened to him over supper . |
| 19 | She was full of jumbled religious guilts but it was she who was the seducer … |
| 20 | But it was she who was lovely , damn her . |
| 21 | Your worships , er , there 's nothing at all more sinister in the failure to stop and failure to report than than that , i th that is a a true record of the er er er of the incident as far as Mrs was concerned erm and it is something which erm comes about an accident which came about probably through the inexperience of the children er , running across the pedestrian crossing thinking that they have priority erm and not having regard to other road users er , and Mrs was travelling at slow speed but it was she was put in a difficult position by the the way in which the children ran across the road . |
| 22 | But it was she who was surprised when a man 's voice said explosively , ‘ What the hell are you doing here ? ’ |
| 23 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 24 | on the phone , but it was she was very nice . |
| 25 | Kenneth MacMillan is a master of many styles and views but it was he who first revealed Lynn Seymour 's dramatic gifts in Romeo and Juliet and has more recently been doing the same for Darcey Bussell . |
| 26 | But it was he himself who , he says , opened the door to political philosophy . |
| 27 | He was bedraggled and exhausted , but it was he who was speaking . |
| 28 | But it was he that started the aquatic trade . |
| 29 | She can not do this , pleading that surely loving him now is enough , but this does not fit into Gatsby 's dream and he can not accept this , ‘ his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it ’ , but it was he , himself , who finally stood in the way of fulfilment . |
| 30 | Our biology teacher took it , but it was it was also so , it was the facts about erm sex , abortion contraception , but we also , also talked about the emotional side of things . |