Example sentences of "[vb past] what [pron] be [that] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not until the middle of May that I discovered what it was that had so stimulated my friend . |
| 2 | And then he knew what it was that had tapped him on the shoulder . |
| 3 | He knew what it was that had struck him as odd about Michael Banks 's death . |
| 4 | Harry looked at him then and thought he saw what it was that glimmered beneath the affable surface of his remarks . |
| 5 | He often wondered what it was that had brought about such a change in their relationship . |