Example sentences of "it be [adv] [vb pp] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The fact that it was eventually reinstated was not the point , ’ said Davies . |
| 2 | Even a weekly visit by a local authority home help when it was finally arranged was not enough . |
| 3 | The charge or poll tax as it was commonly called was abolished as from 31 March 1993 . |
| 4 | Well it was so said was n't it . |
| 5 | The idea of the longue durée , as it was originally formulated was quite straightforward . |