Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [noun] that [verb] me " in BNC.

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1	But it was the vultures that fascinated me .
2	It was the cold that forced me to move .
3	There was a lot of tooth-sucking for a while as he tried to get me to say more and that was almost funny , given that it was the tooth-sucking that made me think of it in the first place , suddenly thinking .
4	It was the gin that surprised me .
5	To bring them success was the lure that brought me here . ’
6	My final choice from last week 's ‘ Independent ’ was the example that provoked me into attempting this subject in the first place .
7	‘ And then there 's George Harrison on ‘ All Things Must Pass ’ , and The Stones ; I was a massive Stones fan , and like a lot of white middle-class American kids , it was The Stones that led me back into listening to a lot of early blues .
8	But it was the face that held me .
9	It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity , always waiting for other people to call the shots .
10	It was the rain that saved me .
11	I think it was the wine that made me real tired .
12	Initially it was the drumming that got me bouncing in my seat , but when the bass came in I just could n't help grinning insanely at all the other drivers , wishing they could hear it too ( mind you , I had it up so loud that they probably could ) .
13	It was the personality that interested me .
14	It was the commercialism that struck me .
15	That was the obsession that made me write this . ’
16	It was a tag that surprised me very much the first time I heard it … but now I 've stopped worrying .
17	Jean-Claude 's use of the word — the way he spat it out as if dirt clung to it — was a blasphemy that made me feel sick .
18	This was a prospect that made me feel ill .
19	But then there was a sound that sent me swiftly to the door .

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