Example sentences of "it [was/were] [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now who was the state 's interests with other states , was it were you the state 's interests in other states or no , I keep getting you wrong . |
| 2 | It was what the doctors call a false pregnancy , probably brought on by her husband 's sudden death , feelings of guilt . |
| 3 | He said that it did not matter how the £3. 1 million was acquired and that it was what the company did with the money that mattered . |
| 4 | It is absolutely clear that the Leader of the House has either no authority or insufficient courage to say whether that promise was categorical or whether it was what the country believes it to have been — evidence of a Prime Minister panicked into making a promise that he has no intention of keeping . |
| 5 | It was what the Americans would call a ‘ company town ’ , and is worth seeing as an example of what enlightened employers were doing at the time . |
| 6 | It was what the Press admired as my dedication , though now it seems more like a selfishness allied to ruthlessness , ’ he said , frowning . |
| 7 | I never thought to mention it again , it was what the brother wanted , just one more thing to move . |
| 8 | But it was what the executive council thought the increase in wages should be not what the members thought . |
| 9 | Ellie was n't at all sure what a peignoir was , but if it was what the woman was wearing , no she most certainly had not . |
| 10 | I understood that it was what The Wedding Present wanted , but explaining it to the head of the sales force was a problem . |
| 11 | It was what the shearmen in the woollen manufacture , who did not work at home , regarded as usual . |
| 12 | They were rather pleased with themselves for saying this , because it was something the Gruagach would find quite flattering and , also , it had not referred to the Wolfkings , which would have been extremely discourteous , not to say disastrous . |
| 13 | One corporate lawyer said that he went along with producing false insurance policies without thinking anything of it , ‘ It was something the company needed done , that 's all ’ . |
| 14 | As the corporate lawyer put it , when asked why he went along with producing completely bogus insurance policies as part of the Equity Funding Scandal : ‘ I did n't think anything of it ; it was something the company needed done , that 's all ’ ( Blundell 1978:171 ) . |
| 15 | I did n't think anything of it ; it was something the company needed done , that 's all ’ ( Blundell 1978:171 ) . |