Example sentences of "[vb past] it [be] [adj] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The fact that we had to chase the game meant it was tailor-made for Spartak . |
| 2 | Sharpe knew it was important for Dornberg to know where the Emperor was , for where Napoleon rode , that was the main French attack . |
| 3 | They thought it was normal for Lucy ( they had never called her Mummy ) to fly from room to room looking for her watch , keys , diary , gloves , scarf , and blow a kiss to them from the garden path as the taxi-driver carried her cello out to the car , while Nissy held them up to the window to wave . |
| 4 | I suppose he thought it was safe with Beatrix . |
| 5 | Erm , we 're doing all about this in er E D S the other day and apparently from the pictures on the T V at the time everyone thought it was whole of Ethiopia that was starving , and it was only actually twenty five percent of the population . |
| 6 | Rosie , opening the mail , a task she no longer enjoyed , said it was impossible for Tavett to be guilty of sending the knives because he had been as upset as she was when one fell on his desk . |
| 7 | ( He ) said that he considered it was impossible for Mr Asquith to form a Government after what Mr Bonar Law had said about his party . |