Example sentences of "[adv] was [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Certainly the reputation of the outer office then was that it conspired the way other offices make tea . |
| 4 | But from my point of view what mattered most was that it bordered Abyssinia , where I hoped one day to be posted . |
| 5 | What I did n't discover until recently was that it provides a bonus for organic gardeners . |