Example sentences of "it [was/were] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , I have put down reports about the finance committee er as it were but I think the responses from the churches and districts sort of calculator will be there , we think that it would seem as though we should only offer the same amount as last year . |
| 2 | No exactly but I think prior to that , we did do what you 're suggesting , we did go round all the areas , Dick , myself and Malcolm and Chris , walked round all the areas , told told the people what needed tidying up to go in the it was before we had the racking up by the way so it was more messy |
| 3 | It was before I had the bairn , and I would n't go and they put us down the block for being cheeky . |
| 4 | Well I felt , I just did n't know what it was but it lacked the sort of charm that it had before . |
| 5 | This regular weekly contact , together with the organised group visits , meant that the students approached teaching practice knowing that they could organise a lesson in terms of defining in advance what it was that they wanted the children to learn how to do ; and then , by working backwards , sort out their materials , activities and procedures . |
| 6 | The two went into a long drinking session , and the end of it was that he bought the man 's seventeen-year-old daughter outright , with the last of his grant . |
| 7 | From the first day they completely opted out , wandering around saying how beautiful it was while we dug the vegetable garden . |
| 8 | It was after he broke the engagement that the real craziness started . |
| 9 | perhaps it was when we had the census paper |
| 10 | On any model , when knitting the neckline , start with the second side of the neck with the carriage on the same side as it was when you started the first side of the neck . |
| 11 | Because this is a hell of a lot damper today than what it was when I had the salt about you . |
| 12 | It was as they left the café that Kelly noticed a Lamborghini , bearing the number plate FAY 1 , badly parked outside a chemist 's shop on the High Street . |
| 13 | It was as they approached the gates that Joe pointed away to the left and towards the hills where a man was walking and he cried excitedly , ‘ There 's Mick ! ’ |
| 14 | It was as she put the last plate on the table that the door opened and Carrie Smith entered the kitchen . |
| 15 | But if I overstepped the mark it was because you made the running . ’ |
| 16 | Maybe it was because she had the advantage of the high ground and was looking down on me . |
| 17 | Walter Robins told him it was because he antagonised the fasties by doffing his cap after evading a bouncer ( Randall used to infuriate Lillee in this way ) ; Barrington , though , was only being his naturally jolly self . |
| 18 | I did not ask him why , but I sensed that it was because he knew the culprit . |
| 19 | It was because he liked the idea of death , because he wanted to talk about it . |
| 20 | Tug had forgotten what day it was until he heard the bells . |