Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The examination under anaesthesia without consent is inexplicable ( unless it was to punish her for having refused examination when conscious ) . |
| 2 | And you know she treasures it because it was given her by a grateful patient centuries ago . |
| 3 | He told us what sport it was to take her to the ‘ Houtsize ‘ 0use ’ in London , first putting her on the Inner Circle , getting off smartly himself , and leaving her to go round and round until his amusement wore off . |
| 4 | Gradually she came to realize that it was reminding her of her father — her father and the allotment . |
| 5 | ‘ Sabine Jourdain was murdered and it looks as though it was to prevent her from talking . ’ |
| 6 | I imagined it was to occupy her in her loneliness . |