Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only was she was the first woman ever to gain the imperial throne by her own machinations , she was also the first to institute the practice of official cunnilingus . |
| 2 | The big question was who was the spider ? |
| 3 | Who , who was who was the |
| 4 | And then it was who was the helper on Double Your Money ? |
| 5 | The day I was there was the still , silent kind of a winter day when the light clings to the skyline slowly moving round from east to south to west . |
| 6 | Then he realized that the only thing of Jenny 's which was there was the familiar , wide , all-illuminating grin on the face of the young man in muddy rugby kit who was walking alone in the picture . |
| 7 | No , it was there was the girl who had hair down to about here . |
| 8 | So he he probably did realize that he was he was the last resort , but I do n't think he was the he was the type to actually think that out you know . |
| 9 | He was he was the best |
| 10 | So it was it was the lace that you wanted emphasizing rather than a |
| 11 | yeah , yes verbally yes if we 're writing we 'd actually be six but it was it was the span of conception was n't it the capacity of the brain The span of conception says that if you deliver your presentation in groups of three in three themes and three subthemes then the audience is able to hold on to that and the way in which we set up the delivery or the way in which we delivered the structured thought pattern was through method |
| 12 | It was it was the |
| 13 | It was it was the er the throne room was n't it ? |
| 14 | Well I do it probably was actually but it was the switch that had gone , maybe lightning had hopped across the switch , yeah , but erm , that 's all it was it was the switch , but er , I mean the thing is it went wrong and they had to pay for it , okay it 's only a tenner to have it done , but it , if a C D player , I mean if the carriage goes , you know , sixty , seventy quid , you know I 'm buying these electrical things , it 's , because it 's a burg lock , I can buy them , get them a warranty with it an'all , then it 's took the burden off them . |
| 15 | Under the bonnet , and it was fucking , it was it was the best kit there . |
| 16 | What what was what was the ghost story ? |
| 17 | What was what was the expectation if any er at that time regarding the effect of your action ? |