Example sentences of "[adj] what it [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even now , I 'm not sure what it was that I wanted to say , and talking to my new friend is the only way I am learning . |
| 2 | Meg was n't sure what it was that Alice valued in her , but she knew what she valued in Alice . |
| 3 | But she was n't sure what it was that she could n't do . |
| 4 | And in the meantime , since he had spoken of things she ought to learn , she would see if he could tell her just what it was that women like Marie Moon and Audrey Covington-Pym did to stop themselves from bearing child after child after child . |
| 5 | Er but nobody could tell me for certain what it was that they intended to use it for , er but it was apparently not guaranteed that it would continue to be used er as a market hall . |