Example sentences of "it [vb past] be [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shareholders might wonder why the directors built up a holding of 700 properties when all it needed was another 20 properties of the investment calibre of Oldham 's . |
| 2 | A shiver ran through Theda 's body — the frame that was near a shadow of itself , just as it had been that long-gone day in March . |
| 3 | If only it had been that nice John Smith , with his twinkling accountant 's eyes and trust-me smile . |
| 4 | It had been that first visit to the police station , when the Prince had dangled money in front of the local chief . |
| 5 | It had been all those things , it had started as all those things , but now it was work and love . |
| 6 | It had been another perfect morning . |
| 7 | If it had been another few inches either side it would have been my neck or my heart and I would be dead . |
| 8 | Nor do I imagine that Number 10 would have been overjoyed if it had been some young detective constable . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We would have taken the same action and taken a prosecution if it had been any other film which had been shown without the consent of the licence-holder . ’ |
| 10 | If it had been any other soldier , he would have told him sternly to pull himself together and be a man . |
| 11 | It was Doyle who answered , thoughtfully , as though it had been any ordinary question . |
| 12 | When Conchis had said that he 'd been down on Moutsa the week before , it had been this one fact , the sweet womanish perfume , that had puzzled me . |