Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] the [adj] [subord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sun was still bright as we approached the Quigleys ' house but it did n't seem to have reached their road , which was the same as it ever was : dank and green and desperately quiet . |
| 2 | ‘ Better than what ? ’ she asked innocently , thinking that two could play at that game of acting as though everything were the same as it had always been . |
| 3 | Everything was the same as it had been when he left it to go to the club the night before last . |
| 4 | Apart from that , everything was the same as it had been — plus . |
| 5 | It annoyed her that , despite everything that had been said and done between them , and which obviously had meant absolutely nothing to him , since his attitude towards her was the same as it had ever been , she still found it difficult to control her emotions in his presence . |