Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [art] truth " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There was nothing more she could say or do to prove that what she had told him was the truth . |
| 2 | It was a truth which Alexei had never been able to develop the ability to ignore . |
| 3 | It would n't do any good to tell her the truth — if it was the truth . |
| 4 | It was the truth , but in the sarcastic letter that followed Eleanor put ‘ literary editor ’ in inverted commas . |
| 5 | She seemed affronted , but it was the truth . |
| 6 | It was the truth , and he could not stand it . |
| 7 | I was ever silent on that score , for it was the truth . |
| 8 | It was the truth , in its own macabre way . |
| 9 | It was the truth . ’ |
| 10 | It struck home that , did n't it ? 'cos it was the truth . |
| 11 | In its way , it was the truth . |
| 12 | But it was the truth , and I spent many summer hours of study under the beeches growing above where the Portland Building now stands . |
| 13 | But it was the truth . |
| 14 | Now it was the truth , I mean when you scull the boat , they call that sculling , rowing , they usually do a figure of eight with one oar and a figure of eight , that 's how you do that , that 's a hard job to keep that into that here hole at the back of the boat , because |
| 15 | It was the truth , yet it sounded so lame . |
| 16 | The only trouble was , it was the truth . |
| 17 | And it was the truth . |
| 18 | Quite probably it was the truth , as I ca n't think of any good reason for you to have lied … |
| 19 | She did n't even know if it was the truth . |
| 20 | It was the truth , just not the right answer to his particular question . |
| 21 | It was the truth , she realised . |
| 22 | It was the truth , but she knew it sounded evasive and that evasiveness was not a quality that would appeal much to Guido . |
| 23 | Had she added up the facts wrongly , found him guilty more because it was what she had feared than that it was the truth ? |
| 24 | It was the truth , after all . |
| 25 | And it was the truth . |
| 26 | And it was the truth , more or less . |
| 27 | It was the truth , Leonora realised , when she was alone . |
| 28 | ‘ I ca n't believe it ! ’ he cried , but held on to her firmly so that she had a very concrete impression that , if it happened that it was the truth , he had no intention of letting her go , not now . |
| 29 | Oh yes I enjoyed it very much but erm we had American visitors around and we had one a Captain and I 'm afraid we all fell for him cos he seemed such a handsome man and he 'd been a hero in the war , and he was engaged to , then to the then president of America 's daughter , so they informed us but erm I do n't know whether it was the truth , that 's what they , they said but of course some of the , some of the things had to be cast , the bodies had to be cast and they were , they were I do n't know whether you 'd have heard of the Orritor |
| 30 | I did n't really believe it at first , er , and then I received couple or more phone calls from er various people in the industry who er , who were aware of it and started to congratulate me , and then I realised that it was the truth , that er I really did have a big hit record once again with Blue Velvet . |