Example sentences of "[be] [conj] it [was/were] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if most of the dust does indeed predate the rocks then its fairly uniform composition and age across the Moon could be because it was originally distributed uniformly from space . |
| 2 | What is significant is that it was universally believed , because , like a fairy tale , it embodies a profound truth . |
| 3 | THE extraordinary thing about Laura Ashley is not that it has been dragged back from the financial brink ; it is that it was ever pushed there in the first place . |
| 4 | It was a less lively face than her sister 's because it was more turned in , more contemplative , less concerned with the things of this world . |
| 5 | One of the things that surprised me when I first read the New Testament seriously was that it was always talking about a Dark Power in the universe — a mighty evil spirit who was held to be the Power behind death and disease , and sin . |
| 6 | There was a sign but it was and it was just cracked so cars behind me were just driving over it and nobody could , you ca n't see it . |
| 7 | This was because it was often bought at a high . |