Example sentences of "that it was with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Korda was now more of a financier than an active producer , it was his suggestion that led Graham Greene to visit Austria to see if he could find the background in the four-power occupation of Vienna which would inspire him to extend his one-line story : ‘ I had paid my last farewell to Harry less than a week ago , when his coffin was lowered in the frozen February ground , so that it was with incredulity that I saw him pass by , without a sign of recognition , among the host of strangers in the Strand . ’ |
| 2 | It had been in Essex that , out of discontent with sitting at home , Leslie had requested a posting abroad ; and it was somehow appropriate that it was with the men of Essex that he should have ended the North African campaign . |
| 3 | Few words had passed between them over the past week , and now she could see that it was with an effort he said , ‘ Your mother tells me about this idea of hers . |
| 4 | It was cold , so cold in the jeep that it was with difficulty that Alexei kept his eyes open . |
| 5 | The stranger might refuse to admit defeat and maintain simply that the person sitting on the bench was not I , that he was I , and that it was with him that the man who was now doubting his identity was having a conversation a moment ago . |
| 6 | By and large they bore out what the girl 's uncle claimed — that it was with their consent , or even connivance , that the girl had gone to live with her uncle in the first place . |
| 7 | But in the end , I am sure that it was with the public at large that his influence counted most . |
| 8 | A class member of Vanessa 's made a birthday cake iced in blue and white , depicting naturally , a ball , hoop , club and the Medau logo — but so beautifully that it was with difficulty that Marjorie was persuaded to cut into it . |