Example sentences of "[was/were] it [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now erm was it through this union activity you became interested in the Labour Party ? |
| 2 | And what was it about golden hair ? |
| 3 | What was it about this man ? |
| 4 | What was it about this man ? |
| 5 | Just what was it about this man that he could arouse her strongest emotions so very easily ? she thought hazily . |
| 6 | What was it about unashamed luxury , Harriet sometimes asked herself , which made her feel so uncomfortable ? |
| 7 | Was it on eastern worlds and ? |
| 8 | What was it with this guy ? |
| 9 | What was it with these women ? |
| 10 | And that was it for another year . |
| 11 | And was it for this awfulness that she had taken the great jump that would divide her from the rest of her life , that she could never go back to , for this she had put herself beyond the pale and ruined her life ? |
| 12 | Nor was it of much use to youth workers , as what it boiled down to was a couple of blocking techniques , a punch and a bite : a self-appointed , self-defence expert showing off . |
| 13 | What business was it of this woman how she dressed ? |
| 14 | Was it at this moment that some reciprocal need established an understanding that they two were friends , would know each other for a long part of a life-time ? |
| 15 | What was it like this morning , the traffic ? |
| 16 | Now what was it like last year , all night long we slogged did n't we ? |
| 17 | Or was it in sheer surprise ? |
| 18 | Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive , but to be a full member of the Exchange Rate Mechanism was very Heaven . |
| 19 | Was it in some way her own fault ? |
| 20 | Or was it in some way connected with her pallor and unsteadiness remarked upon by Dr Pringle ? |
| 21 | It has been said that the Imperial Court was more successful in mounting great set pieces than in its day-to-day running , and indeed so successful was it in this field that an impression was created that the whole of the period was one long spectacle — the so-called fête impériale — whose only aim was entertainment , prodigality and licence . |
| 22 | ‘ Was it by mutual agreement ? |