Example sentences of "[vb past] what it [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not until the middle of May that I discovered what it was that had so stimulated my friend . |
| 2 | And then he knew what it was that had tapped him on the shoulder . |
| 3 | For Friend I would — if I only knew what it was that he wants me to do or be . |
| 4 | He knew what it was that had struck him as odd about Michael Banks 's death . |
| 5 | The nomes craned and tried to climb on one another 's shoulders to look at it , and none of them knew what it was except for Grimma , who was staring at it with a strange quiet smile on her face . |
| 6 | Harry looked at him then and thought he saw what it was that glimmered beneath the affable surface of his remarks . |
| 7 | For an instant he thought he had rolled over a stone protruding from the turf of the clearing , then he realised what it was and his heart leapt . |
| 8 | I asked what it was and one of my companions said : ‘ It is the torso of a man who was [ this morning ] cut into three pieces . ’ ’ |
| 9 | Dandelion looked at Pipkin and realized what it was that Hazel was asking him to do . |
| 10 | Most people who have travelled through the Monkton district of Ayrshire will have noticed the monument that stands on the high ground behind the Dutch House Caravan Park , and wondered what it is and why it is there . |
| 11 | She stood there , staring , immobile at first , before the riot of flesh and lights and people and advertisements , and she wondered what it was that she was supposed to fear , because she could not truly fear anything , in such well-lit company : and she wondered why she was not afraid , when they had all told her , all of them , the Party Organizer and Janice and her upbringing , that she ought to fear . |
| 12 | Once again she wondered what it was that he had done in the war to make Anthony so angry . |
| 13 | He often wondered what it was that had brought about such a change in their relationship . |
| 14 | I wondered what it was as we trailed up the dark nave behind Agrippa , Melford , and others of the Queen 's party . |