Example sentences of "[Wh pn] it [was/were] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were the years in which we began to grow up ; in which we started to discover who it was we thought we 'd like to be ; in which our earliest ( and therefore longest-lasting ) preferences in love , music , pleasure were formed . |
| 2 | They must be independent , not mention in the will you ca n't have a beneficiary who 's a witness , you ca n't have a husband or wife of a beneficiary as a witness either because not I 'm told very first clause there are n't , to get a duplicate made bungalow or something like that he might be missing out on the bungalow and the was The course leader at the time told me the story that saw him and he would n't tell me who it was I want my ten percent commission . |
| 3 | I am not quite sure who it was I sat next to because I am such a slow eater that I did not have much time for conversation . |
| 4 | She was wise enough to understand , now that her fear was leaving her , that it was Dr Neil 's very real concern which had made him so sharp with her when he had found out who it was he had rescued . |
| 5 | When she called Nahum to know who it was he did n't answer , and it was almost a week before she recognized Elizabeth Bradford . |
| 6 | Cos whoever it was they got me in trouble . |
| 7 | Whoever it was she saw , she smiled up at him , rising to her feet without a word and taking his arm . |
| 8 | Leaving whoever it was he 'd been talking to , he started towards her . |