Example sentences of "it be [adv] he [was/were] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was over he was given a Military Cross by the British , and the Croix de Guerre by the French . |
| 2 | While it was there he was happy and tranquil , and while it was not he was agonized and sad . |
| 3 | It was when he was persuaded out of retirement to try classic bike racing last season that the accident happened . |
| 4 | It was when he was commissioned to write seventeen and a half minutes of light music for the radio that I discovered why Jean-Claude had insisted I bring from London some of my most beautifully tailored suits and expensive dresses . |
| 5 | It was then he was stabbed . |
| 6 | It was then he was whipped , he said , which happened three or four times . |
| 7 | It was then he was whipped , he said , which happened three or four times . |