Example sentences of "was [conj] it [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remarkable feature of Kallibunker 's fur was that it completely lacked the usual long guard hairs found on all other cats . |
| 2 | A special feature of this part of the programme was that it regularly included a section with about six brief items , averaging 20–30 seconds in duration , including sound bites of 10–20 seconds . |
| 3 | If there was one ( albeit very small ) consolation about the sale of Dave Batty , it was that it finally did away with an important inferiority complex of mine — was I the only person in West Yorkshire not to be best mates with the man ? ? |
| 4 | But one of the ironies of life in the border districts was that it also produced Poles who became more German the more nearly they were incorporated into the Polish state , and Poles and Jews whose political opinions were so far to the right that only their ethnic , religious or national identity stood between them and the Nazi Party . |
| 5 | ‘ I think the success of our ‘ Hello Rodney , Hello Charles ’ routine was that it never sounded rehearsed — which I suppose it was n't . |
| 6 | The point was that it basically has to come from yourself and if you feel funny about yourself , then maybe you should go to the root of what 's making you feel funny as opposed to just taking downers and then taking uppers . |
| 7 | Officially , the reason given was that it now seemed more sensible to store the highly active waste above ground for at least fifty years before disposing of it , probably in the form of glass blocks , and meanwhile allowing more of its intense heat to dissipate . |
| 8 | The result was that it then became possible to record the data on a continuous re-circulating loop of tape that would last for 25 hours before being erased and used again . |
| 9 | The big problem with this sort of fine-tuning , advisers said , was that it usually did more damage than it corrected . |
| 10 | Their verdict was that it only went to show . |
| 11 | I do n't know if it was because it never happened , or because they did n't think I was the right person to talk to . ’ |