Example sentences of "[be] [pers pn] that [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By all means let advertisers bring in history to help to sell their wares , but why is it that they so often mangle and corrupt it in the process ? |
| 2 | Erm is that seasonal is it that you just rent out in the summer ? |
| 3 | Make bosses aware of their behaviour by asking : ‘ What is it that you really want to say that you 're covering up with sarcasm ? ’ |
| 4 | Who is it that you really see ? ’ |
| 5 | What is it that you really like to do ? ’ |
| 6 | So self-absorbed was she that she never considered for one minute that her words might have hurt him in exchange . |
| 7 | The latter 's favourite hunting box was Knepp Castle near West Grinstead ; so fond of it was he that he eventually seized it from William de Braose , an action hardly guaranteed to increase baronial support ; when the French invaded England in 1216 to support the barons against John , it was Sussex which bore the brunt . |
| 8 | Why was it that she always found herself attracted to older men ? |
| 9 | But was Picasso fond of the different women he was with or was it that he just liked them physically , and he was able to use them in his work ? |
| 10 | Was it that he suddenly realised that his convictions of the past 30 years were false , or did he simply realise that the electorate could not stomach them ? |