Example sentences of "[vb base] it [was/were] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought more about losing the coal to Mrs Phipps than about Granny , it seemed to me then , but I expect it was the shock that caused her to react in that way . |
| 2 | Some say it was the importing of whole streets of fighting families from the fishquays , with their dockland diversions of prostitution , drug-dealing and handling . |
| 3 | Others say it was the shortage of pubs , shops , churches , transport and police stations . |
| 4 | Indeed , industry observers say it was the swingers who gave birth to the home porn video in the early-Eighties . |
| 5 | Say it was the beginning of a feeling that you would like me . |
| 6 | The bone itself is probably the ilium , one of the bones in the toad or frog 's pelvic girdle : some say it was the breast bone . |
| 7 | so I mean if , if they caught one , they actually took a photo , managed to take a photo out of all those hundreds of people , look how many more were , were there , and it just seems like basically their not sure who fired first , obviously the Irish say it was the British them and the British say they were fired upon first and erm , on , on the strength of it , who , who would you rather believe I mean , somebody that 's been living in Ireland for twenty odd yea twenty years now with all that happening around him being able to be got at by the I R A or a British body who may , may be up on a murder trial , you know , the , at the end of the day its six of one and half a dozen of the other , they 've both got stuffed by a bleeding troop |
| 8 | What we do is take the , the day of the week and the , the calendar date , it might be the say it was the fourth day of the week Thursday |
| 9 | but I hope it was the the gist of it , and I 'm sure someone will correct me if I 've got it wrong . |
| 10 | Oh no look it was the invisible man driving the car . |
| 11 | I mean I , I rather suspect it was the , the former it was n't th the driving force was not to be the needs of the mass of the population , but the needs of the mass of the population could be used , could be harnessed to build the Red Army |
| 12 | ‘ Like it was the Pope , ’ he says . |
| 13 | I caused a lot of hurt to my husband and family when I left them to live with her , but my partner , Kate , felt as strongly about me as I did about her and I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 14 | I made my escape you would say , and I know it was the coward 's way out , because I have to confess that I thoroughly enjoyed the proceeds . |
| 15 | I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 16 | but in those days it was n nobody thought i you know it was the done thing . |
| 17 | And erm you know it was a a bad time really b you know it was the thirties I mean people say it 's bad now but er I do n't think it 's it 's as bad now as it was then . |
| 18 | You know it was the |
| 19 | Yeah somebody I I ca n't remember who it was , I heard somebody I think on the radio or television talking about the , you know it was the beginning of January and they 've already put er hot cross buns in the supermarkets . |
| 20 | And Jenny just talking about , you know , well you know it was the sort of stuff that one talks about . |
| 21 | I know it was the last straw of many . |
| 22 | but the Principal of the Technical Institute at Lowestoft was quite a character , a Mrs , a Miss G C and I remember it was the day after the erm , the bombing and the building was pretty well devastated and er Miss rung up and said , she 'd got an idea she said erm how about hiring a bus , a double-decker bus , I could have my classes in the bus and erm |
| 23 | Last year , you 'll remember , we had to absorb , in fact in the Tussauds group , about three quarters of a million er , pounds on the increase in V A T and that was a blow to us at the beginning of the season , you remember it was the budget more or less this time last year . |
| 24 | I suppose it was the way he said ‘ is ' ’ and not ‘ ‘ would be' ’ . |
| 25 | I suppose it was the predecessor of the modern telex , but it was an unreliable piece of equipment and we never knew when it was going to misbehave and we might have to send for the mechanic to come and unclog its innards . |
| 26 | I suppose it was the least I could do . |
| 27 | At least , I suppose it was the fifteenth … |
| 28 | It was grey and , and mustard , it sounds revolting but we , we were a bit , I suppose it was the time we had a purple carpet , we had an orange wall , do you remember that living room ? |
| 29 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |
| 30 | Rose said : suppose it was the Virgin ? |