Example sentences of "it is [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goody points out that the written form of language releases us from the linear experiential mode : ‘ the fact that it takes a visual form means that one can escape from the problem of the succession of events in time , by backtracking , skipping , looking to see who-done-it before we know what it is they did . |
| 2 | During a meeting yesterday , Mrs Aquino told her cabinet ‘ to take a long , hard look at ourselves in order to see what it is we did wrong and what else needs to be done so we can all benefit from this tragic experience in our lives ’ . |
| 3 | During a meeting yesterday , Mrs Aquino told her cabinet ‘ to take a long , hard look at ourselves in order to see what it is we did wrong and what else needs to be done so we can all benefit from this tragic experience in our lives ’ . |
| 4 | Money or the lack of it is what had modelled the railwayman 's thinking in the formative years of BR . |
| 5 | Tredworth in green and black hoops were well and truly beaten on the field , but it is what went on off the field , that this cup game will be remembered for . |
| 6 | It is what did you say ? |
| 7 | And it is what happened to the Republic of Ireland , where successive administrations borrowed heavily for job creation purposes . |
| 8 | The wonder of it is I did n't killer then , never mind later . |
| 9 | Hobbes does not tell us , but whatever it is it had better be something which a monkey does not have . |
| 10 | I mean in terms of hours of work and tea breaks and whatever it is you had , you know . |
| 11 | Tell us what it is you did , and how it befell . ’ |
| 12 | best of it is he had n't taken it out of the |
| 13 | Whoever it is who had the marker out . |
| 14 | ‘ And what of today , my lord ? 'T IS what took place at the Guildhall that causes you distress , is not it ? ’ |