Example sentences of "[adv] [was/were] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So was it any surprise that the Syrians we met that hot day in the Bekaa wanted only to maintain Lebanon 's Maronite-dominated institutions , to restore the sovereignty of the Lebanese government , to stay not one hour , not one minute longer than necessary ? |
| 2 | Since when was it middle class or bourgeois to take a pride in your work , to want to see customers whose patronage provides your salary , satisfied ? |
| 3 | ‘ When was it this reconciliation took place ? ’ |
| 4 | when was it last year or the year before ? |
| 5 | Where where was it that anaesthetist stayed that you and |
| 6 | I wrote and said that a lot of members our pension , we could n't afford it , and that we owned our own hall so therefore we had a lot of cost to keep it in good repair and why was it nine pound . |
| 7 | Why was it all women hated her so , even when they did n't know her ? |
| 8 | Why was it that time always flew when you did n't want it to ? |