Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] was what [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Salome had said say nothing , so nothing was what I said . |
| 2 | We take it not because it was what we wanted , but because it is there . |
| 3 | He personalised it , he told him exactly the benefit of escalating premiums , and he could n't say anything other than yes , because it was what he wanted . |
| 4 | In fact , she thought , she had never even remotely known what love was because it was what she felt now , and it certainly was nothing like what she had ever felt before . |
| 5 | All she wanted to do was yield to it , because it was what she had wanted for the whole time she had been with him . |
| 6 | Had she added up the facts wrongly , found him guilty more because it was what she had feared than that it was the truth ? |
| 7 | Carrie was uncertain whether it was what she wanted to hear him say , but she accepted his brief gesture of affection and smiled up at him . |
| 8 | ‘ When it was what you wanted all along ? |
| 9 | There was a faint murmur of satisfaction , though only a murmur , for it was what they had all expected . |