Example sentences of "it was his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This appearance of naïvety was a mask ; it was his revenge on lesser people than himself . |
| 2 | Although Langley inherited some property and acquired other estates through marriage , it was his service to the Crown which raised his family 's fortunes . |
| 3 | I do n't know what happened at this particular gig , but I know it was his home town — it was the most important gig to David because it was in front of a home crowd . |
| 4 | It was his home . |
| 5 | But he could sense that this place was permanent , it was his home . |
| 6 | It was his home , his passport to the world of pain and violence he enjoyed so much . |
| 7 | It was his development of special thermometer glass with glass capillaries containing liquid that made such accurate measurement feasible . |
| 8 | It was his country , and campaigning across those noble moors under the Cheviot was his true life , as natural to him as to the hawks hovering on languid , sinewy , expert wings above the heather . |
| 9 | Well , it was his dough . |
| 10 | Bethune-Baker regarded Anglo-Catholicism as part of the nonsense which it was his mission to destroy . |
| 11 | It was his mission and he had to fulfil it , she said . |
| 12 | It was his ability to achieve that power and well-being which alone justified his despotism . |
| 13 | And it was his ability to work with the engineers as much as his speed which decided Frank Williams to sign Hill as partner to No 1 driver Alain Prost . |
| 14 | When he suspected a specific person , it was his responsibility to find witnesses to support his case . |
| 15 | ( Incidentally , the unreliability of the radio had been reported to the Civil Governor some time before , and it was his responsibility to replace it ) . |
| 16 | He then obtained another job , in which it was his responsibility to order materials . |
| 17 | It was his responsibility to convince the Whale to cooperate in the hunt , so the people of the village might be fed and clothed for another season . |
| 18 | It was his responsibility to keep records of boats which used the canal and of the tolls , the major source of income , charged for carriage of goods along its length . |
| 19 | But you see , I just went to the education officer and I say , he , he ran it , he , it , it was , it was his responsibility the Guild 's were and I went to him about a Guild matter and I said oh , erm how I mentioned that I was working and he said well where are you working ? |
| 20 | No I thought , cos I , I remember reading erm I think it 's her father who owns one of the bookshops in Woodbridge and he had this book on display , you know he sort of erm advertised it if you like and it 's , it 's properly published and everything but he had it as a a book available in his store and there was an advert in the Anglian about it , and I remember reading that she said er that he said er cos it was his daughter who had the child , that it totally knocked them for six . |
| 21 | It was his return of serve that was unbelievable . |
| 22 | And it was his concern for Silvia that was at the root of his anger . |
| 23 | Michael never joined in ; I do n't think it was his scene . |
| 24 | It was his Dad who came up with his tea . |
| 25 | It was his dad 's world , everything in it happy and unclouded , and Denis saw himself and his father patrolling its streets together . |
| 26 | Er , I think it was his dad 's was n't it ? |
| 27 | It was his dad 's car . |
| 28 | It was his Dad who got married . |
| 29 | It was his Dad who got married . |
| 30 | He looked after the little girl throughout the journey , everyone , including the Gestapo guards , assuming that it was his sister nestling in his lap . |