Example sentences of "was [art] [noun pl] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In countries like Spain and Italy , where coal was imported in bulk , it was the railways which transported it and distributed it . |
| 2 | Here was the women whose father he had unsuccessfully defended , to whom he had given a home and a job , who was supposed to be devoted to him . |
| 3 | It was the clubs which had to be dragged screaming into the national club competition , the All Ireland League , two seasons ago after dithering and delaying a decision for years . |
| 4 | It was the night-times which gave her problems . |
| 5 | Government sources said , however , that in the end it was the conditions which would eventually determine timing of British participation . |
| 6 | But it was the horses which decided the issue , as Ramsay had calculated they would . |
| 7 | But it was the contents which counted . |
| 8 | The Sun warmed the bones , but it was the seeds which grew , feeding on the marrow in all the bones , which had cracked with the frost . |
| 9 | But it was the eyes which caused Arthur 's bowels to move slightly . |
| 10 | Particularly annoyed was the CGLI which said that the DES statement had included ‘ some unwarranted and damaging remarks about the Institute ’ , a gaffe for which it received an apology from no less a person than the Permanent Secretary . |