Example sentences of "[adv] what it [be] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edwina Currie had rejected his advances ( ‘ What sort of girl do you think I am ? ’ ) while Emma Nicholson had not caught exactly what it was he had proposed . |
| 2 | ‘ Can you do something for me ? ’ she asked without preamble , and went on to explain quickly what it was she wanted done . |
| 3 | It seemed to her now that all she had ever had had been the dream of having dreams ; the goal of having goals one day , once she had made her mind up what it was she wanted . |
| 4 | An' then we 'ave a look at Bill 's book to check out what it was we got up to . |
| 5 | And that involved talking to the client to find out what it was they wanted ? |
| 6 | I 'll just have to work out what it was he said he wanted . |
| 7 | Something important was eluding her , and until she 'd worked out what it was she did n't want to demand an explanation from him . |
| 8 | He looked at me as if he was now wondering quite what it was he had invited into his home . |