Example sentences of "[noun] it had [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Dalin and Rust were writing they pointed to a variety of stimuli for change : in the United States it had been competition with the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | The last time he had come to greet someone from Mars it had been DeVore . |
| 3 | According to Lotta it had been Rune who had stormed out , taking the painting with him , which meant what ? |
| 4 | Without a doubt it had been Greg 's backing which had propelled him into the big league ; without him , for all his talent , Hugo might have been trapped in small-time design and manufacture for ever . |
| 5 | Last year it had been glass sculpture , a strange green tree , a very Ygdrasil , for Burden 's sanctum , and for Wexford an inky-blue , amorphous pillar that in some lights grossly resembled the human figure . |
| 6 | Pregnancy It had been Louise 's pregnancy which caused the mole to appear , her change in hormones stimulating its growth . |
| 7 | This time it had been Byford 's patrol , not the police or the Black and Tans . |
| 8 | That time it had been tea . |
| 9 | Of course during the previous factional struggles it had been Trotsky who had been accused of advocating policies which would have led to a split between the working class and peasantry , but now it was Stalin who was in Bukharin 's sights . |
| 10 | Before Henry it had been Henry 's father 's . |
| 11 | The Wren immediately before her was assigned to Appledore , in Devon ; the one behind her to Aultbea , in the far north-west ; but for Wren Kendal it had been HMS Omega and the Wrens ' quarters at Ardneavie . |