Example sentences of "it [was/were] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's bin a mite hectic while it lasted , but it wuz worth it jes ’ t'smoke out that nest of rattlers that wuz runnin' Bethlehem House . |
| 2 | As long as it were worth it ! |
| 3 | An organization would be most unlikely to dismiss them without good reason , and if it were to they would have little difficulty finding alternative work . |
| 4 | I mean , she sort of flew the kite as it were with you know , if the wife was erm presumably the husband in other cases was mad beyond belief it was a good reason for casting her off . |
| 5 | The beauty and novelty of the scenery , the luxuriance of the shrubs and above all the originality of the Natives has astonished them beyond description , and so raised their enthusiasm that they seem scarcely to have felt the labour and fatigue of ascending high mountains or traversing deep glens and ravines , in fact so many wonders in the shape of animal creation have sprung up , as it were before them , that their imaginations have been kept in one continued state of delighted excitement . |
| 6 | How could we decide whether it had free will or was just a robot , programmed to respond as if it were like us ? |
| 7 | It was above me on the rocks , and then it sprang into the darkness behind me . |
| 8 | It was beside me . |
| 9 | It was called ‘ Billy Bayswater ’ and she said it was about me . |
| 10 | But it was about me , not her . |
| 11 | ‘ I knew it was about me . |
| 12 | She did n't really know what it was about him which made her go pale whenever they met and kept her awake at night longing . |
| 13 | It was he actually whom Simon had asked to be the co-respondent — bogus co-respondent — when they were concocting their divorce , it was about him that the judge had scolded her and given me to Anna . |
| 14 | Lucy Lane wondered , not for the first time , what it was about him that encouraged people to talk ; sometimes it was almost as though he was n't there . |
| 15 | She knew it was about her . |
| 16 | Erm the it was about I should imagine well guess , three years old back then . |
| 17 | Erm it was about It was about aeroplanes and it was when aeroplanes were in the very early stage . |
| 18 | It was about it was the same as I 'd probably got if I 'd have gone to the pit at fourteen . . |
| 19 | It was through them that I heard about the forthcoming penny farthing races at Ferrymead Historic Park , on Waitangi Day ( the NZ national day , Feb. 6th ) . |
| 20 | He also taught us music and it was through him that I learned of its expressive nature . |
| 21 | Innocent certainly knew the position of Monaco and it was through him probably that the pope made known his conditions for the acceptance of Otto . |
| 22 | It was through him that Mr Jackson became hooked on watching the badgers in their natural habitat . |
| 23 | It was through me you read Fanon . |
| 24 | It was through her that I became interested in life . |
| 25 | It was through you I got this chance , why should n't I share the benefits with you ? |
| 26 | The MRC contained radical SR members but was dominated by Bolsheviks and it was through it that the October uprising was planned . |
| 27 | Whatever game was being played now , it was between them , between her and Skinner . |
| 28 | I enjoyed the work there — dealing with customers on the phone — there were two of us girls … the other girl was in charge and we had a man over us , but it was between us two … we had to get all the statements out at the end of the month … |
| 29 | But she still was n't convinced , so I said , listen , I 'll tell you something , if it was between you and your husband , if I was going to have an affair with one of you , it would be you ! |
| 30 | because it was between you and him , . |