Example sentences of "it [was/were] [prep] [conj] they [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if they were volunteering two minutes , silence . |
| 2 | With the rain cutting visibiity to less than a hundred feet , it was as if they were trapped inside a glass tumbler the sides of which held at bay the blackness of the storm . |
| 3 | It was as if they were watching . |
| 4 | It was as if they were indeed from another world : a happy world , a free and easy world . |
| 5 | It was as if they were all specially created to be viewed from there . |
| 6 | It was as if they were in an aircraft flying over a modern city . |
| 7 | It was as if they were clinging to each other , and they could n't let go . |
| 8 | ‘ It was as if they were trying to give us a clue , deliberately toying with us . ’ |
| 9 | It was as if they were taking off my clothes , garment by garment , and did not much appreciate what they saw . |
| 10 | A very tight rein was held on all staff , it was as if they were very nervous and suspicious that we might go made and accept a bid ! |
| 11 | It was as if they were the only two people on earth ; oblivious to the crowds who poured from the factory entrances as the day shift ended and who milled around them , they had eyes only for each other . |
| 12 | He glanced up and looked at her again and just for a moment it was as if they were alone in the midst of the hubbub of the fairground . |
| 13 | It was as if they were really desperate and they knickers round their ankles running into the toilet ! |