Example sentences of "[was/were] it the [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was it the air-raid wardens shouted when they saw a house with a chink of light showing ? |
| 2 | Was it the joint M.C.R./S.C.R. table at lunch on Thursday or was it the joint Symposium held each term . |
| 3 | Why was it the gorgeous ones passed through so fleetingly while others , like that paunchy , moist-palmed Vic Tatum from Marine Claims always managed to delay in her office , ogling , leering and making suggestive remarks that she could probably take to a Sexual Harassment Tribunal if she had a mind to ! |
| 4 | How was it The next section goes on to analysis section three I think . |
| 5 | What was it the old boy had said ? |
| 6 | ‘ What was it the last critic said , darling ? |
| 7 | Or was it the heavy rain slapping against the windows , the wind 's eerie message as it whistled down the chimney and flickered at the flames that had begun to lick about the new-laid logs ? |