Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it sprawled and flailed round in the small room and I suddenly realized it was going to attack me . |
| 2 | But it so chanced it was covered deep , and came to light only when I was here to see . |
| 3 | Then Kirgizstan suddenly announced it was introducing the som , gave people a week to exchange their roubles at 200 to the som , and made most rouble transactions illegal after May 17th . |
| 4 | ‘ I kinda knew it was gon na happen sooner or later , and I really wanted that sense of responsibility , the discipline of it . |
| 5 | About a quarter thought the BBC was biased in its treatment of the Conservative government ; rather less felt it was biased in its treatment of other parties . |
| 6 | Only one elector in seven thought ITV was biased in its treatment of the Conservatives and , again , rather less felt it was biased in its treatment of other parties . |
| 7 | Our survey panel shows that about a quarter of the electorate thought BBC-TV news was biased in its treatment of the Conservative government , though rather less felt it was biased in its treatment of other parties . |
| 8 | Only one in seven thought ITV news was biased in its treatment of the Conservatives and , again , rather less felt it was biased in its treatment of other parties . |
| 9 | Imagine my disappointment when I staggered down a hill in murky twilight after its purchase to find that not only had it been lying in the back seat of the car for the duration of my climb , but that it had failed to come up and get me when the daylight failed . |
| 10 | How long had it been going on ? |
| 11 | How long had it been going then when you came ? |
| 12 | Usually anyone who obviously wanted it was given a chance to try his/her hand at dealing — unless he appeared too pompous . |
| 13 | In 1933 , Parker brought out the Vacumatic , a fountain pen without an ink sac , and in 1941 came the Parker 51 , the most famous pen in the world — so streamlined it was advertised as the ‘ pen from another planet ’ . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , the stock market was dominated by the fireworks display at ICI , which finally announced it was going ahead with a demerger . |
| 15 | he just assumed it was gon na be |
| 16 | I met Mr Palmer outside the T & A building and I just felt it was going to be a bit of a funny day . |
| 17 | he was out moaning again yesterday , so I just thought it was getting a bit long round where the old septic tank used to be oh sha n't and we 've done Tesco 's so that clock 's right is n't it ? |
| 18 | They just said it 's getting a bit short . |
| 19 | and it 's just a take on , so I watched what I said , but erm , we mentioned it , we , we did n't see very much about it we just said it 's coming up we 'll have , we 'll let you in for a full details next month so |
| 20 | PHOTOGRAPHIC giant Kodak yesterday announced it was axing up to 125 UK jobs . |
| 21 | Middlesbrough council yesterday announced it was hoping to donate £3,000 towards the purchase of computer equipment for the project . |
| 22 | BBA , the automotive parts to aircraft interiors group , yesterday announced it was tapping shareholders for £126 million to pay for expansion in continental Europe . |
| 23 | These formulations were grounded in the early hydraulic model of the circulation of energy derived from fluid mechanics ; the body possessed only a fixed quantity of semen , once expended it was lost forever . |
| 24 | I always felt it 's asking that matters . ’ |
| 25 | Earlier this week Rover also announced it is to introduce a new sports coupe model in 1992 — the first sports car to be built by the company since production of the TR7 ended in 1981 . |
| 26 | The sale was first mooted last October , but Hanson took out the injunction after Costain later announced it was concluding a sale with Altus , a venture-capital subsidiary of Credit Lyonnais , the French bank . |
| 27 | The Forum also revealed it was proposing Mr Jan Czarnogursky , the prominent Slovak lawyer and human rights activist who only last month under the old regime was put on trial , for the post of prime minister or first deputy prime minister . |
| 28 | Here , led by the mysterious H. de R. ( A. F. Leach later claimed it was led by William of Barnby , fellow and bursar of Merton College ) , they established a rebel university away from their argumentative southern counterparts . |
| 29 | She also knew it was affecting Silas because his arms had begun to clasp her even more tightly , with one hand moving to rest upon her breast . |
| 30 | Mrs Mentle and I both felt it was touching of Pugh to place a sticker in the back of the hearse which read ‘ Do n't follow me , follow Athletico Whaddon . ’ |