Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] it have be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an enormously thorough and comprehensive review of the case , running to four volumes and more than 1200 pages , yet it would have been better if it had been half the length and taken half the time . |
| 2 | ‘ Leith , ’ he said , but his look was no warmer , no less arrogant than it had been all morning , ‘ you do n't … ’ he went on , and seemed slightly stuck for words . |
| 3 | The ground fire was much worse than it had been that morning . |
| 4 | Phenomenal because it 's been such a difficult year , and this is erm a prize that 's given to the gentleman or lady that accrues the most points in the whole of the amateur section . |
| 5 | It was almost a physical pain and for a moment he felt shocked because it had been many years since the agony of losing Gerda . |
| 6 | I think that you have made the magazine more interesting , more satirical and funnier than it has been this century . |
| 7 | On leaving the stall they plunged into the hall which was bedlam , and far fuller than it had been that morning . |
| 8 | Nor do I imagine that Number 10 would have been overjoyed if it had been some young detective constable . ’ |