Example sentences of "it was what [pron] had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was what they had expected of University , but had not hoped so soon to find . |
| 2 | All she wanted to do was yield to it , because it was what she had wanted for the whole time she had been with him . |
| 3 | But it was what she had wanted . |
| 4 | It was what she had wanted to do since she met him — touch him like this , feel his naked body against her . |
| 5 | It was what she had lived by . |
| 6 | It was what she had longed for . |
| 7 | Claudia shrugged ; it was what she had expected . |
| 8 | Had she added up the facts wrongly , found him guilty more because it was what she had feared than that it was the truth ? |
| 9 | It was what she had thought only minutes before , so why did she feel this strange little ache to hear him repeat the sentiment ? |
| 10 | He thought it was what she had come for . |
| 11 | It was what she had known all along . |
| 12 | Surely it was what he had seen as her present stupidity that had earned her his contempt , since the past was the past , and she was still reluctant to explain anything more than the absolute minimum necessary to put an end to his increasingly unbearable taunts . |
| 13 | It was what he had hoped . |
| 14 | He seemed satisfied , said he was grateful , and it was what he had hoped . ’ |
| 15 | It was what he had wanted to hear . |