Example sentences of "was it that " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was it that Manisha was missing so desperately ? |
| 2 | Why was it that she always found herself attracted to older men ? |
| 3 | Was it that he looked so much like his father ? |
| 4 | Given the extent to which the British public supported Republican Spain , why was it that the National government kept to its policy of non-intervention ? |
| 5 | So what was it that pushed them into a far more extreme position towards Mary than that of 1558 ? |
| 6 | How was it that she could tolerate such noise ? |
| 7 | How was it that the ancient Hebrew word had drifted up from within her ? |
| 8 | How was it that the Colonel 's assumptions were so unimaginative ? |
| 9 | Then the righteous will reply , ‘ Lord , when was it that we saw you hungry and fed you , or thirsty and gave you drink , a stranger and took you home , or naked and clothed you ? |
| 10 | And they too will reply , ‘ Lord , when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison , and did nothing for you ? ’ |
| 11 | Upon what authority do the clients participate and whose initiative was it that launched the participation ? |
| 12 | How was it that a major piece of canal engineering came to be constructed on one of the least profitable stretches of a minor and dilapidated canal , in the heart of rural England , at a time when the prospects for canals were at their gloomiest ? |
| 13 | But whose money was it that tempted these stupid girls ? |
| 14 | ‘ When was it that John Livesey had to give up ? ’ |
| 15 | What was it that had been condemned to this total destruction ? |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , yes , but what was it that did it ? ’ |
| 17 | Not for the horse 's sake alone was it that carters would drive through a roadside pond , or choose to ford a stream rather than go over a bridge beside the ford . |
| 18 | When was it that you left for Naples ? ’ |
| 19 | And why was it that this deep empathy with the hard done by inspired her to give him such a hard time ? |
| 20 | What was it that these two friends of his felt for women that had never touched him ? |
| 21 | Was it that he was such a sincere Catholic that he would not refuse an order from the Pope ? |
| 22 | So absorbed , or intoxicated , was it that I used to photograph it with the other hand . |
| 23 | ‘ How was it that you met ? ’ |
| 24 | Was it that she loved him ? |
| 25 | ‘ What was it that you weighed ? ’ |
| 26 | What grotesque outlandish possibility was it that made Piphros so certain , so frightened about it ? |
| 27 | What was it that the lenders had to offer potential borrowers at this time , facilities which would help solvent individuals to meet ‘ special ’ capital expenditure — buying a boat , adding a conservatory — which they did not wish to , and maybe could not , take out of an adequate income without upsetting the household budget , and many credit traders ( mostly credit brokers , agents who ‘ arranged ’ loans from moneylenders in the style of stockbrokers ) highlighted as meeting the needs of those already in debt ? |
| 28 | Or was it that the kitchen reminded Dalgliesh of that rectory kitchen where the lonely only child had found warmth and undemanding , uncensorious companionship , been given hot dripping toast and small forbidden treats ? |
| 29 | Why was it that so many diseases , like cancer and other disorders of the bowel , heart disease and diabetes , were occurring frequently here , but not there ? |
| 30 | So enormous was it that the behemoth was believed to drink whole rivers and consume one-thousand mountains a day . |