Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] it was they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been invaluable to know what it was they really wanted from their association with the Ping Tiao . |
| 2 | The stench from it filled our cell , making us feel nauseous and apprehensive that we , too , might catch whatever it was they were suffering from . |
| 3 | He discovered , for example , that laboratory technicians at Fawley were carrying out chemical tests without really understanding what it was they were doing . |
| 4 | And she knew who it was they were discussing . |
| 5 | Since he had caught sight of the Summoner , he had not liked to watch the resettlers pouring through into Utah , knowing what it was they were really following . |
| 6 | But the gabble was such that the child could n't distinguish what it was they wanted , until the old woman cried , ‘ No candy rock today ! 'T IS all gone , all gone , ’ at which , one after the other , the children , as if at a signal , stopped gabbling and took up the chant : ‘ Raggie Aggie ! |
| 7 | While one may reasonably ask what someone shouted , it hardly makes sense to ask what it was they screamed . |
| 8 | They would say whatever it was they had to say in their own time . |