Example sentences of "[noun] it be [vb pp] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why , Alyssia thought , she had not jumped at the idea the moment it was suggested was anybody 's guess . |
| 2 | Poplars it was called was it ? |
| 3 | ‘ The reason it was changed was because it came soft . ’ |
| 4 | There is a need for this facility and the real reason it was mothballed was not because of the need for rationalisation — but it was an embarrassment . |
| 5 | The way it was arranged was indicated by Lady Grisell : |
| 6 | The way it was done was that if you imagine putting one card in for psychology , two cards in for research methods , one card in for psychoanalytical approaches , three cards in for memory and so on and so forth an then they were sort of drawn out and then when a topic had been picked the other cards were removed . |
| 7 | ‘ The idea behind it and the way it was packaged were excellent , ’ said one . |
| 8 | In the past 100 years , the only time it was defeated was in Mussolini 's reign , which accounts for the popularity among older Neapolitans , sick of living with Mafioso , for his granddaughter . |
| 9 | The interviewees stated that all patients were treated in a similar manner regardless of the size of their habit and that the quantity of methadone and the length of time it was given were inadequate . |