Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] it [was/were] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alec wore a navy-blue romper suit — the outfit of a French workman , or indeed that of some little new-wave narcissist at a C. L. & S. screening It was the sight of him in his issued clothing that made me sense just how far he had fallen . |
| 2 | I remember an old friend saying it was the rape of Russia 's heritage . ’ |
| 3 | She did n't want to go back to the lies Kate told whenever she asked her what the matter was , to the telephone ringing and the queer , high-pitched voice insisting it was the box-office of the Essoldo Cinema . |
| 4 | ‘ Wyvis Hall , Nunes , Suffolk , and the twenty acres of land surrounding it were the property , through his marriage , of my uncle , Hilbert Verne-Smith . |
| 5 | We 've had lots of letters saying it was the worst thing we 've ever done . |