Example sentences of "[Wh adv] it [was/were] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lengthy , complicated and interesting case of Richard of Anstey ( of some two generations before Innocent III 's time ) shows how it was already accepted that the Crown could have no jurisdiction over the solemn sacrament of marriage , though at this stage the canon law of marriage and what actually constituted a legal marriage was extremely fluid . |
| 2 | ‘ You know how it was always said that Wee Charlie was the spit of me ? |
| 3 | However it was soon decided that the time was not right to consider this as well . |
| 4 | The riots continued for three days , climaxing on 7 June when it was finally quelled and the half-mad leader of the Protestant Association Lord George Gordon taken to the Tower . |
| 5 | Beveridge had presented his report in 1942 at a time when it was overwhelmingly agreed that there should be no return to the conditions of the 1930s . |
| 6 | Laboratory analysis for the presence of various metals was not routinely carried out , however , until a couple of years ago , when it was suddenly discovered that McDonald 's effluent contained 256 p.p.m. of zinc , a by-product of the glazing process . |
| 7 | Councillor do you think that you as the chairman of the citizens ' charter defunct working party of the citizens ' charter where it was generally agreed that whenever possible letters should be replied to , or at least acknowledged , within five to ten working days . |
| 8 | Penalosa did not arrive in Britain until the weekend , apparently because of visa problems , while McAuley is disgruntled because he wanted the fight to be in Belfast , where it was originally arranged until he suffered an injury . |
| 9 | Why it was ever identified as seaside air is a mystery . |