Example sentences of "[adv] was [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty with writing it down was that it became real to the extent of being in a book , there were two lives , the one in the book and the one which he lived to collect the details for the book one ; he could go further in his head than on the page , the words slowed him down . |
| 2 | She had to admit , however , that the main reason that she had phoned the Symses and answered their appeal so promptly was that it took her out of the house , and away from the strain of being with Mark in public while the incident of the night before still divided them . |
| 3 | Erm I think the key point there that that Chris brought out was that it does allow the opportunity for further traffic restraint measures in the town centre . |
| 4 | Perhaps it is churlish of me , after the kind remarks of the Minister , to venture to comment on what he has just said , but at the risk of being tiresome , may I point out that what I said before was that it does not follow that a decision made by the Home Secretary corresponds with the advice that he receives from the chief inspector . |
| 5 | Certainly the reputation of the outer office then was that it conspired the way other offices make tea . |
| 6 | But from my point of view what mattered most was that it bordered Abyssinia , where I hoped one day to be posted . |
| 7 | What I did n't discover until recently was that it provides a bonus for organic gardeners . |