Example sentences of "and [vb past] it be the " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years .
2	She regarded him suspiciously , and realised it was the best he was going to do for her .
3	‘ And you knew Feargal , knew his name , knew he came from Slane , and assumed it was the same family . ’
4	He ate pork chops in tomato sauce with us that evening , and claimed it was the first good meal he had had in six months .
5	I measured it when it died and confirmed it was the correct species by carrying out various ichthyological classification data , such as scale counts and rin ray counts .
6	‘ I 'm so sorry — I saw the fire , and thought it was the dining-room .
7	I 'd already been to the forest couple of times as a student and thought it was the most wonderful place .
8	Then she apologised for her mask , which was indeed extraordinary , and said it was the custom of her people .
9	‘ Friends , many of them believers , came up afterwards and said it was the most beautiful funeral they had ever been to .
10	One leading UFF figure in the area last week referred to a gun attack on a house in Jamaica Street in the Ardoyne area on St. Patrick 's night and said it was the intention to kill anyone in the house .
11	‘ At the last pre-inquiry meeting someone from the Department of Transport jumped up and said it was the first he had heard of the pylons , ’ she said .
12	He offered a hand of reconciliation to whites and said it was the ANC 's job , as the country 's biggest political force , to address national unity and nation building .
13	The Federation of Small Businesses reacted positively to the Budget and said it was the result of the Chancellor 's meeting its representatives and listening to what they were saying .
14	One widow wrote to thank the organisers and said it was the most moving service she had ever attended .

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