Example sentences of "[verb] was [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , it was in the ordinary conduct of party politics by men in pursuit of power that expectations , aspirations and objectives were reduced to an apparent simplicity , to a crudity of choice for which all that could be said was that it represented the national will . |
| 2 | So all she could report was that it seemed dark and cruiser-shaped . |
| 3 | What Labour could hardly claim was that it had a magic formula for preserving peace with the unions , although the St Valentine 's Day ‘ concordat ’ with the unions was milked for what it was worth . |
| 4 | In effect , what The Times was saying was that it knew what the ‘ real ’ stories were and that only dictators prevented such stories from being told . |
| 5 | And if I might just come in on this thing that 's always thrown up against Mrs. Thatcher about her rejoice , she said rejoice when South Georgia had been retaken and the rejoice was because it appeared to have been done without any casualties — that was what she was rejoicing for , not the victory erm |
| 6 | erm I found it self-indulgent , I suppose in the sense that perhaps it was too long and the film maker , I think , was reluctant to erm chop some of that material , but I think the great advantage that the film had was that it reached a very wide audience by being shown on BBC South . |
| 7 | The problem SAVE faced was that it had been so disfigured by later alterations that many people doubted it was of sufficient interest to merit saving . |
| 8 | ‘ The reason it was changed was because it came soft . ’ |
| 9 | All he could say was that it had to be called a great and profound change , and that it had happened , ‘ I have a feeling of being at home when I am with her , as though she gives me my own hearth , a feeling that our lives are interwoven . ’ |