Example sentences of "[adv] it was that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so it was that Osman Abdelal took me from the gas station and up to a small Arab village called Mazraa , clustered round the ruins of an old Roman aqueduct . |
| 2 | So it was that Huddersfield became the first club to win the Cup with a penalty . |
| 3 | And so it was that Ursula met Justin , the writer 's moody adolescent brother , and ran away with him . |
| 4 | And so it was that plans went ahead . |
| 5 | And so it was that Luch was taken up to the castle for the second time . |
| 6 | So it was that Riven found himself attacking a wooden post with a wooden sword that was slippery with mud , and being lectured by the unsmiling Myrcans . |
| 7 | So it was that Edward III was able to extend the areas directly involved in war and to benefit from this by using landing points on different parts of the French coast . |
| 8 | So it was that Edward Carrington became the driver , and so it was they turned up at Florence Drive to learn that Major Barrie of the Home Guard had gone with a lieutenant and two soldiers of the Eleventh Cameronians to escort the prisoner to Maryhill Barracks , on the other side of the city . |
| 9 | So it was that Henry Smith , who during his lifetime had been famous for avoiding any kind of malicious gossip and for his ability to reconcile opposing factions , was , after his death , at the centre of an international controversy . |
| 10 | So it was that Ms Wainwright found herself manhandling ( if that 's the word ) the seven-by-four polystyrene boards across the frozen Alaskan wastes , often in the teeth of gale force winds and in temperatures down to -40°C . |
| 11 | So it was that R. Kuhn , in Switzerland , administered compounds which had been prepared in the laboratories of J. R. Geigy S. A. to patients who were withdrawn , inactive , and depressed . |
| 12 | And so it was that Gladstone Murray , Ernie L. Bushnell and four others , including myself , staggered through the winter blizzard at just after 10 o'clock that evening and through the C.P.R. station to Eastbound Track No1 . |
| 13 | And so it was that Eliot was immersed in what he called ironically " show business " , and although he had reached an age where he performed his tasks more slowly , now more than ever his life was being conducted under pressure . |
| 14 | So it was that Levi worked his way down the last holes at Glen Abbey . |
| 15 | So it was that Uncle Albert closed his eyes , rested his chin on his hand , and began to have a Big Think . |
| 16 | And so it was that Mary had managed to borrow one of the most expensive ‘ sparklers ’ the Gorbals had ever seen . |
| 17 | Thus it was that Britain and Spain produced two distinct political responses to the crisis . |
| 18 | Thus it was that Mrs Clamp found herself looking after my father while he insisted on looking after me . |
| 19 | Thus it was that Philip VI , who was not without military skill and experience , felt obliged to seek out and , if possible , defeat the English king and his Norman supporters . |
| 20 | Thus it was that Jones ' notebooks are signed by Phillips with the statement |
| 21 | Thus it was that Prince Richard 's latest appeal went unanswered . |
| 22 | Thus it was that Ira Dilworth paid tribute and bade farewell to Emily Carr with the borrowed lines from Thomas Hardy , and I am certain that none would object if I borrow them as my tribute to both . |
| 23 | Here it was that Foxwell and Farrer 's ‘ flag of Hope ’ metaphorically waved . |
| 24 | And she smiled at Raynor and saw him smile back , and felt renewed and restored , and understood how it was that Bec and the others came to Raynor for help . |
| 25 | When we look at these disasters we must again ask ourselves how it was that Harris and Eaker could sustain those losses and go time and again . |
| 26 | Indeed , if you want to find out how it was that Bonn at grew wealthy enough to buy the many works of art that he did , you need only go into the room reserved in the museum , on the ground floor , for his society portraits . |
| 27 | In calmer moments , too , she understood how it was that Edward , though generous at heart , found it difficult to give way . |
| 28 | That was part of the trouble , that was how it was that events were set in motion . |
| 29 | But then it was that thoughts began to penetrate her desire-clouded mind — the realisation that , should these ribbon ties become undone , then her nightdress would fall straight to the floor — and she would be left — stark naked . |
| 30 | Used to be called Brian and then it was that David fellow , anyway I said well I should n't bother to vote last time , anyway David n erm David Dennis said you will I 'll take you there so he took me |