Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a fragment of mirrored plastic glued above her bed — Whose was it before mine ? |
| 2 | What was it for , they asked . |
| 3 | What was it for ? ’ , and within two minutes the prize-winner will be believing that she knew all about him and had indeed been specially looking forward to meeting him . |
| 4 | Yeah , what was it for ? |
| 5 | There , there going tomorrow , what was it for ? |
| 6 | What was it for father ? |
| 7 | What was it for ? |
| 8 | What was it with these women ? |
| 9 | The next question was invariably , ‘ What was it with regard to ? ’ |
| 10 | What was it with this guy ? |
| 11 | You did want to be able to go around all them works , what , what was it with the |
| 12 | What was it at the period in the recent past that fascinates you ? |
| 13 | How dare he whip up strangers to hostility because I did n't wear clothes clearly indicating my sex — what was it to them whether I was a woman or a man ? |
| 14 | But she was being absurd , she scarcely knew this man and what was it to her who he was betrothed to ? |
| 15 | And what was it to be like ? |
| 16 | What was it to be filled by ? |
| 17 | What was it to me ? |
| 18 | What was it to be called ? |
| 19 | What was it to her if he chose to conduct himself with duplicity ? |
| 20 | What was it about his captaincy , then , that was so special ? |
| 21 | What was it about generalisations ? |
| 22 | What was it about the station that was so fascinating ? |
| 23 | The memory of Nancy brings me back to the question that occupied me so much , what was it about the Centre that could transform misery , bitterness and hatred into love and hope , and possibly even happiness , all in the space of fourteen days ? |
| 24 | But what was it about the concept of citizenship that made it so popular in political discussion and why were ‘ boy labour ’ reformers so eager to introduce working-class adolescents to its supposed virtues ? |
| 25 | What was it about unashamed luxury , Harriet sometimes asked herself , which made her feel so uncomfortable ? |
| 26 | What was it about him which prevented the realization of his ambition ? |
| 27 | ‘ What was it about the report that you found so interesting , for future reference ? ’ |
| 28 | What was it about your job in Finland which was confidential — to quote from this ? ’ |
| 29 | What was it about Judith that threw him into such confusion now , as then ? |
| 30 | What was it about Japan 's history that limited the pursuit of individual self-interest and gave precedence to the collective community ? |