Example sentences of "it was [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was above me on the rocks , and then it sprang into the darkness behind me . |
| 2 | It was beside me . |
| 3 | It was called ‘ Billy Bayswater ’ and she said it was about me . |
| 4 | But it was about me , not her . |
| 5 | ‘ I knew it was about me . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She knew it was about her . |
| 10 | Erm the it was about I should imagine well guess , three years old back then . |
| 11 | Erm it was about It was about aeroplanes and it was when aeroplanes were in the very early stage . |
| 12 | It was about it was the same as I 'd probably got if I 'd have gone to the pit at fourteen . . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | He also taught us music and it was through him that I learned of its expressive nature . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was through him that Mr Jackson became hooked on watching the badgers in their natural habitat . |
| 17 | It was through me you read Fanon . |
| 18 | It was through her that I became interested in life . |
| 19 | It was through you I got this chance , why should n't I share the benefits with you ? |
| 20 | The MRC contained radical SR members but was dominated by Bolsheviks and it was through it that the October uprising was planned . |
| 21 | Whatever game was being played now , it was between them , between her and Skinner . |
| 22 | 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 … |
| 23 | 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 ! |
| 24 | because it was between you and him , . |
| 25 | It was beyond her . |
| 26 | Undry was in her mind , shedding troubled surges of light through deep darkness ; what am I going to do ? she wondered , and knew it was beyond her to decide anything . |
| 27 | And you knew what they were thinking , they were trying to weigh up whether they dare go across the stepping stones and you could tell by their faces and what they did of course when they decided no it was beyond them and they 'd play safe and they 'd go back the same way . |
| 28 | It was worth -it — a gobsmacked silence followed by the ‘ ooh 's ’ and ‘ aah 's ’ to end them all . |
| 29 | I had some guys come up , and they were , they were really pissed off with me because , my mum sort of like , this guy just done this with th th the stall next door , but he left some stuff that he obviously already had things of , which he did n't think it was worth him buying , and this guy came round , and they were obviously from one of these , you know how you get erm , secondhand erm record stores |
| 30 | It was hard work — but it was worth it ! |