Example sentences of "was it [conj] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why was it that every single time she did one little thing that was the least bit out of line she got caught at it ? |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | How was it that a limited company made a contract otherwise than in the course of its business ? |
| 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 | Was it because the Holy Ones feared that the key to this inner knowledge and the inner voice would be misused that they never revealed their knowledge ? |