Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] it was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it it came to be that it was the older men usually that were asked to do it I mean the people I suppose maybe felt it was more suitable to have older folk coming in to their houses . |
| 2 | ‘ But I do n't think it was either of those reasons . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't think it was just because he made it back-to-back wins , either . |
| 4 | I do n't think it was just the change of publisher that did so much for this author , but her works have become more powerful . |
| 5 | The first film was very good but I do n't think it was nearly as funny as this one . |
| 6 | I do n't think it was n't done with malice , she 's just |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think it was as much that as people just waiting to see LL Cool J getting over-excited , ’ says Wildski . |
| 8 | I do n't think it was as good a Cabinet and certainly the debates on economic policy really ceased to exist . |
| 9 | But I do n't think it was as strong as it could have been . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think it was as easy as it looked . |
| 11 | ‘ But I do n't think it was very strong . |
| 12 | I think it still is the way forward and I do n't think it was so much that things went wrong as that they did n't go as well as we had hoped for the women elections to the shadow cabinet . |
| 13 | It was a it was lost er No I do n't think it was entirely lost , not the twenty one strike , was n't entirely lost . |
| 14 | I do n't think it was ever as good a debating forum again . |
| 15 | I remember a Rhodesian in our squadron writing a long letter to the ‘ Malta Times ’ about this very subject , but I do n't think it was ever published . ’ |
| 16 | Perhaps it 's not surprising you overlooked the release — I do n't think it was ever issued here in the UK , and the copy I own is an import . |
| 17 | I said yes , but I do n't think it was actually Jason Donovan , oh it was , yes , it was Jason Donovan and I 've got the paper all along , I give up in the end . |
| 18 | I do n't fink it was that though . ‘ |
| 19 | In any case , they do n't know it was n't true . |
| 20 | I do n't know it was just a thought . |
| 21 | It may have been a teetotal , chapel-going household but do n't imagine it was ever narrow-minded or lacked a sense of fun . |
| 22 | Although the smaller Saxon churches were usually wooden and have not survived it was not long before more ambitious priests and their patrons turned to stone buildings . |
| 23 | ‘ What no-one can deny is that I have Scottish blood in me , and I have always known it was there ’ , he said . |