Example sentences of "[Wh adv] it [be] [adv] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I think how it was when I joined up … you 're not so badly off down in Florence where at least you 've got a central canteen , but ever since we 've had to do without a resident housekeeper in the smaller stations we 've had to spend half our time teaching mothers ’ boys to cook pasta . ’ |
| 2 | That 's how it was when I joined first . |
| 3 | I remember coming for tea and er the table was where it is now I do n't know whether it was |
| 4 | I ca n't really tell you why it 's just I do n't like the do n't like the idea of children going round er begging for treats , treats money whatever it might be . |
| 5 | But you know it 's funny how why it was so I mean the grit and those were quite sharp you know You you 'd have thought that it would have taken your skin but then it was ideal stuff for getting the grease the you know the dirt and I mean the the greasy dirt away . |
| 6 | And when you switch the printer back on , wherever it is when it 's switched on , it thinks that 's the head of the form . |