Example sentences of "it [adv] was [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it finally was he recognised the voice immediately . |
| 2 | Which if it ever was we ca n't recall . |
| 3 | it once was it 's just so it 's just absolute dust . |
| 4 | It probably was I think it 's actually it 's been made from cubic hair er pubic hair sorry . |
| 5 | The reason the Americans got it wrong was they were putting more faith into blood tests to see if the drug worked and it turns out that those blood tests can not tell you whether it works or not . |
| 6 | Yeah but he was n't paying it before was he ? |
| 7 | I mean , if it really was him that done the murder , he wo n't like it if he thinks we 've got suspicions . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought someone was joking but it really was him . |
| 9 | In that first heart-stopping moment when he realised that it really was her , his impulse had been to run to her , to grab her in his arms and smother her with kisses , to chide her for not waiting until he came back to make her his wife . |
| 10 | It really was it was |
| 11 | But th to go back to the the polishing , it really was it was you know , really hard work and But there was a great band of I mean the the used to Different firms that would h have a lot of work on one place and then they would move and then some would go to the shipyards . |
| 12 | It really was it was lovely that dinner . |
| 13 | This was what a boost to when we won that thing at to the stewards and the members , it really was it was an uplift . |
| 14 | Angry with Hans , if it really was he who had given the order to subdue the woman . |
| 15 | It really was I was quite astonished to see some of the solutions . |
| 16 | Well let's say let's say was it quicker was it would it have been , quicker writing the address by hand ? |
| 17 | Was that , was that er on the basis of your acting c collectively as a as a lodge or was it again was it shop stewards who acted ? |
| 18 | That which I prized , it ne'er was mine ; |
| 19 | ‘ It never was you ’ — as an encore — is heartbreaking . |