Example sentences of "be [adv] [subord] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , I mean , all you do is get , I mean this and this has been down well it 's , obviously it 's been down since it opened , now I ca n't remember when Brewer actually opened |
| 2 | Well i it 's been down since it opened so that 's |
| 3 | In theatres all over the rest of the country The Tart and the Vicar 's Wife packs them in , and has been ever since it opened in Preston in February 1986 . |
| 4 | I came to the Putney Young Women 's Christian Association Hostel to be near the hospital , and went to Fulham Congregational Church , so as to be near when IT happened . |
| 5 | Throughout his career he seemed to be around when it happened but the finger of accusation rarely pointed in his direction . |
| 6 | One particularly cold winter I gave in but stipulated that I must n't be around when it happened . |
| 7 | Come to think of it , Columbia would n't have been around if it had n't been for the blues . |
| 8 | I 've been there since it opened . |
| 9 | All the animals that were out when it flooded had been taken inside the house and the furniture in the house was on bricks . |
| 10 | The Advisory Committee has agreed with the Director 's proposal-either as it stood or subject to specified modifica-tion ; |
| 11 | Today I tried to get a whole tin every day , it 's just because it happened . |
| 12 | This is partly because it began trying to sell to government schools only a year ago , and partly because it would prefer not to give its machines away . |
| 13 | And I went oh God , that 's probably cos it did n't happen like this and he goes oh right and he goes yeah got a bit excited there for a minute did n't you son like and went er yeah well Andy I like , quite like him , he 's quite sweet but |
| 14 | No wild animals , just ponies , monkeys and dogs , but it was great thrill seeing a girl in green tights and a frilly skirt , standing on a pony 's back while it galloped round the ring . |
| 15 | thing is though if it did happen |
| 16 | A few yards away , the food dispenser 's sensor light was on as it scanned the crowd for likely clients . |
| 17 | As long as he was there , nothing was different , it was all as it had been when he came back on Tuesday , even the baby next door was moaning sleepily , and from the open window in the living-room he could hear a dog helping outside . |
| 18 | One may however ask whether those in the action sample who said that the strain was less than it had been a year ago attributed this to the effects of the Home Support Project . |
| 19 | What state it was in before it crystallized he does not explain ; certainly it was not glassy . |
| 20 | The white Gulfstream One executed a perfect landing but it was only when it taxied towards them that Whitlock saw the blue , red and white Zimbalan flag painted on the side of the fuselage with the words ‘ Air Zimbala ’ above it in black lettering . |
| 21 | The Irish tag was redeemed for a small reward and it was only when it arrived back in the Central Fisheries Board office , Dublin , that Sea Angling Officer , Peter Green , discovered that a new distance record had been set for their shark tag scheme . |
| 22 | If his judgement rankled , it was only because it accorded perfectly with my own . |
| 23 | It was best when it felt like you were fighting gravity , fighting the pull of forces greater than yourselves . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's funny you should say that , ’ said Miss Mack 's Solicitor , from a resumed recumbent position , rather dreading his appearance as No. 11 in boots too small for him , ‘ because an uncle by marriage of mine took me once to tea with some cousin of his who had been a county cricketer and this county chap said middle and leg was best because it gave you room to cut . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Our league campaign this season was over before it began and I could offer a lot of excuses but wo n't . |
| 26 | The party was over before it began . |
| 27 | For these traders , the show was over before it began . |
| 28 | In moral America , it looked as if the Clinton campaign was over before it had begun . |
| 29 | The conversation was over before it had started . |
| 30 | Carrington 's adventure in Holland was over before it had begun , by two short days . |