Example sentences of "[vb past] it be [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Readman , honorary secretary of the Redcar Station , said he believed it was only the third time a crew at the station had received a medal in the 190 years since the Zetland was first launched from Redcar . |
| 2 | Many stated it was also the point at which they ‘ realised ’ they were addicted . |
| 3 | Peter Alliss reckoned it was probably the end for Ballesteros if he had n't come roaring back by 1992 . |
| 4 | Rehabilitated and well furbished it is now the pride of the waterfront . |
| 5 | As far as quality of play went it was probably the worst since I took over . ’ |
| 6 | He said , with his back to me , until you went away I thought it was just the usual thing . |
| 7 | I wonder whether he thought it was just the way the English talked , or whether he thought I was peculiar … |
| 8 | At first , I thought it was just the Luciferi but , on one occasion , I am sure it was due to intervention from the English court . ’ |
| 9 | I moved up to there , and I want to bring everybody up to my new level , so I sort of drag everybody up , but I always thought it was just the , the inertia effect , you know , that I could n't have a mental and physical and moral energy to last everybody out wh , while they would change effectively . |
| 10 | However , he thought it was probably the second language of no fewer than ninety per cent of Tanzanians . |
| 11 | I thought it was probably the other one who had rung , on the cadge . ’ |
| 12 | Her routine never varied by a second and Honor thought it was probably the spell of freedom after luncheon which enabled her to remain sane . |
| 13 | I thought it was still the term time . ’ |
| 14 | At first he thought it was merely the effect of looking too hard , and he blinked his eyes twice . |
| 15 | I never re realised we 're doing a module in the eighth year was environment , I always thought it was always the ninth year ? |
| 16 | Grierson , in fact , lived a singularly carefree and untroubled existence but Talbot thought it was hardly the time to point this out to him . |
| 17 | Thaw , 50 , admitted it was probably the huge success of the opera-loving sleuth Morse that clinched the award . |
| 18 | It was often said that her new-found reputation was a bubble that would burst once people realized it was just the raunchiness of her work that got her a wide readership . |
| 19 | He gave her a wide toothy grin , and immediately realized it was exactly the wrong approach . |
| 20 | And I remembered it was here the dumb woman lived . |
| 21 | I was aware that the risks were considerable : had it been otherwise the Danakil country would already have been thoroughly explored . |
| 22 | Had it been otherwise the battle might well have had a different outcome . |
| 23 | Had it been only the interests of traders that were being considered , there would have been no need for Britain to have responded to the competitive challenge of other European states by formalizing and expanding her own empire , with all that this entailed in provoking international tensions , arms expenditures , and general insecurity . |
| 24 | he said it 's just the fact of you 're not coming in . |
| 25 | But I said it 's always the way when you think it 's a good examiner she or she , she gives you bad results and when it 's a bad , think oh an awful examiner I mean look at that one where you got that really tough examiner and you and Jenny was the only two that got honours . |
| 26 | B&I 's UK passenger manager , Victor Williams , said it was just the start of the company getting into the ‘ super-phase mould . ’ |
| 27 | B&I 's UK passenger manager Victor Williams said it was just the start of the company getting into the ‘ super phase mould . ’ |
| 28 | You said it was incontestably the best ? |
| 29 | Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 30 | In an added postscript , Mr Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |