Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [subord] it [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | felt it had not helped embalming as it was not in a sufficiently dignified manner . |
| 2 | I finished painting when it was too dark to see and later , in the nearest pub , I asked myself why I find water the most satisfying of all foregrounds. what follows gives some of the answers . |
| 3 | Most people who have visited Pisa know that the Torre Pendente began toppling while it was still being built . |
| 4 | Wilson hesitated over how little ‘ little ’ would be but , when she heard the sum , could not resist agreeing since it was so very small . |
| 5 | ‘ She develops this grandiose theory of herself as being important , and makes Truth Or Dare which I saw a couple of minutes of but had to stop watching because it was so unpleasant and embarrassing and awful . |
| 6 | Still , sacrifices had to be made , though sometimes one could n't help wondering whether it was all worth while . |