Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were alive I 'd strangle it ! ’ |
| 2 | He said it were continental something and th |
| 3 | If it were reasonable it could not be miraculous , could it ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I think , ’ she remarked , ‘ it has pleased God to punish them justly , for they really talkt as if it were impossible they should be beaten . ’ |
| 5 | " And it were better we sailed sooner than later , " he added . |
| 6 | Wendy betrayed by Rhoda 's desire for Ken : betrayed by the author of her own being : no wonder she had faded out of the world so quietly and gently and quickly , as if understanding it were better she had never been born . |
| 7 | Just as green wood , when it is put into the fire , weeps tears of water in the heat because it is still green ( for if it were dry it would not weep ) , so does the heart weep when it is made green again by the renewal of grace , after the desiccating dryness of selfishness has been drawn out of the soul . |
| 8 | If it were true it would be a remarkable telepathic phenomenon , but sadly there is usually a much simpler explanation . |
| 9 | But even if it were true it would n't be the sort of fact to interest one in a person , would it ? ’ |
| 10 | Still If it were true it would obvioulsy good to get some more experience . |
| 11 | If it were true he would have telexed my hotel . ’ |
| 12 | The first uses PC /k to show that you do n't know anything of which you know that if it were true you would not be a brain in a vat . |
| 13 | I have talked glibly of complexity , and of apparent design , as though it were obvious what these words mean . |
| 14 | As she were in a hurry an' it were ready I said you 'd send on t' bill . ’ |
| 15 | She wondered whether it were conceivable he had forgotten about it . |
| 16 | But the vicar at today 's service agreed with Marc 's family that it was inconceivable he would take his own life . |
| 17 | Yes it was nice we we did lots of entertaining and and things like that it was really good fun it was it was fun . |
| 18 | It was nice it was . |
| 19 | I recently helped one of the Costain girls on some research and she has sent me the final document , which I suspect will one day be of invaluable professional use , so it was nice she remembered . |
| 20 | It was predictable there would be some internal difficulties in view of the time-scale . |
| 21 | When the sea struck it it was terrific you know the whole tower trembled and you 'd think a giant got a hold of her and shook the whole thing up . |
| 22 | But it was better him thinking that , than finding Lee in the shed . |
| 23 | It was unlike anything she had ever owned before . |
| 24 | The decision to sack Charman was not Gedge 's alone ; it was joint one involving the other three members . |
| 25 | And it was fortunate we did , because what do we find ? |
| 26 | In this case it was fortunate he did not break his neck . |
| 27 | It was fortunate there were experts on the bridge at the time . |
| 28 | It was right it should look different , coming back . |
| 29 | Fortune was smiling on him , it was all coming together , and it was right it should . |
| 30 | Yeah well , it was right it was cheaper to do it for twelve months anyway . |