Example sentences of "what it [be] [pers pn] wanted " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the gabble was such that the child could n't distinguish what it was they wanted , until the old woman cried , ‘ No candy rock today ! 'T IS all gone , all gone , ’ at which , one after the other , the children , as if at a signal , stopped gabbling and took up the chant : ‘ Raggie Aggie ! |
| 2 | And that involved talking to the client to find out what it was they wanted ? |
| 3 | He started to explain what it was he wanted , with sentries shouting along the corridors outside , but was cut short . |
| 4 | Dressed in flowing trousers and a tunic of billowing rose — they let her have clothes , now , providing she chose them herself by drawing what it was she wanted — she spent hours sitting at the table in the artificial sun over the balcony , the day 's book-cube dangling forgotten from her fingers . |
| 5 | It seemed to her now that all she had ever had had been the dream of having dreams ; the goal of having goals one day , once she had made her mind up what it was she wanted . |
| 6 | She no longer had any idea what it was she wanted to say to him . |
| 7 | ‘ Can you do something for me ? ’ she asked without preamble , and went on to explain quickly what it was she wanted done . |