Example sentences of "had it be the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even had it been the best apple tree anyone could knit I can not see that I would hang swing tickets on it ( so badly coloured with felt tip pen that the Infant 's class would be ashamed of the work ! ) . |
| 2 | Had it been the other way round , and I was experiencing an Anglican church for the first time , the shock might have been even greater . |
| 3 | Thirty minutes of oratory and twelve of applause ; or had it been the other way round ? |
| 4 | I know the soldier would have helped Russell had it been the other way around . |
| 5 | Had it been the final confirmation of her suspicions ? |
| 6 | Had it been the biggest mistake of her life ? |
| 7 | On the Via Mercanti side of the palazzo is a relief sculpture of the ‘ half wool sow ’ , the mythical half-pig , half-sheep that legend had it was the real derivation of the name Mediolanum — from medio lanae . |