Example sentences of "that it had [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British critic Bryher regarded the film as ‘ the first authentic comment on the War ’ , praised particularly the depiction of enlistment , and poured scorn on those other British critics who had disliked the film 's suggestion that it had been America who had won the war . |
| 2 | I asked a mystified Robins , who explained with a laugh that it had been Colonel Fawcett 's idea . |
| 3 | She 'd told herself that it had been self-respect , a dislike of casual sex , that had motivated her . |
| 4 | She grinned and pushed him out , glad that it had been Mario 's little maid and not Lucenzo who had helped her to dress earlier . |
| 5 | It was hard for her to believe that it had been Charley , her Charley , who had killed three boys . |
| 6 | No matter that it had been police business , and that someone had to do it , he had personally selected Phyllis Henley yesterday . |
| 7 | My sleep/wake clock had bust a spring and I was worried about the fact that it had been Billy Tuckett who had dropped through the skylight . |