Example sentences of "[conj] it [was/were] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only then did it occur to me that , of course , my witticism would not be easily appreciated by someone who was not aware that it was gypsies who had passed by . |
| 2 | Recall that it was three-year-olds who had difficulty with Flavell 's appearance-versus-reality problems ; and indeed further experiments have shown that there is a strong statistical correlation between performance on the appearance-reality and on the false belief task . |
| 3 | The Times hypothesised in the course of the election campaign that it was leaders who lost elections , not challengers who won them . |
| 4 | But there was no doubt that it was Rangers who deserved to emerge from this memorable encounter as worthy victors . |
| 5 | The burden increased when it became clear that it was schools who would be held principally responsible in implementing the national curriculum , in taking the first steps in teacher appraisal and in managing their finances . |
| 6 | We decided , therefore , that it was pupils who were absent without authorisation or explanation from parents who would be defined as truants . |
| 7 | And it was lesbians who , without heterosexual credentials or cover , took the heavy risks and , consequently , the heavy blows . |
| 8 | And it was women who sang its praises . |
| 9 | He says that if it were rats which were passing on TB to cattle there would be no hesitation : the rats would be killed . |
| 10 | But it was evergreens I can mind mother making them . |
| 11 | Both argued that women needed to play a decisive role in public debate over the nation 's morals , precisely because it was women who were centrally concerned with sexuality . |
| 12 | He was very good when it was subjects he understood , like girlfriends or summer holidays , but when we brought in a political issue he was n't quite so sure of it , but he grew into it very well . |
| 13 | I hate these as it were things you know ? |
| 14 | For it was Protestants who got better jobs , who skipped the queue for houses , who made my father work on Christmas day when the union voted against the optional holiday — to keep the Papes in their place . |