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Example sentences of "it be [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ?
2	The process which has just been described is clearly a very complex affair , but most of the decisions involved in it are programmable types of decisions .
3	Long-focus shots of me groping in the dark , or will it be more close-ups of my stupidity ? ’
4	Blanche had drawn the hedgehog-child in a Victorian high chair at a Victorian table ; behind it were dark panes of cupboard glass , before it a huge intruding hand , pointing to its dish .
5	And there was a , a book , I always regret not pho photostatting it , where one of the people who write on health er made the point that you start with the full page in the book , and the outer band of it were all pictures of the world , and then it was erm a particular sort of location in a town , and then it was a house and garden and then it was a room in a house .
6	In it were all kinds of animals and birds .
7	Yes , I think that we could actually kill as it were two birds with one stone here er , the conversion of military industry into civilian industry has begun in the Soviet Union but it was going very slowly and part of the reason for that is , is it 's very expensive , now that seems to me a worthy recipient for Western direct economic aid .
8	Beautifully displayed on it were two twists of marinated salmon , sprigs of red and green lettuce and watercress , slices of passion fruit , two slices of filet of hare , a sprig of broccoli , two crumbed and fried mushrooms in a pale-gold sauce which I guessed to be pan juices , reduced and bodied out with cream .
9	Behind it were several sets of screens at different angles , behind which the stripogrammers or Boozebusters got changed .
10	In it were elaborate displays of every kind of knife : from vegetable knives for the kitchen , to horn-handled hunting knives .
11	Yes , yes , that 's right , they use , yeah , but I insisted that it were open doors for you as jobs were so hard to get , I said it were open doors for you and it did it helped them both .
12	Yes , yes , that 's right , they use , yeah , but I insisted that it were open doors for you as jobs were so hard to get , I said it were open doors for you and it did it helped them both .
13	‘ It will be the end of an era with it being four generations of the family , ’ said Mr Cooper , ‘ but we are ready to enjoy our retirement now . ’
14	It 's erm , as you can see , it 's divisional guidelines for authorising costing needs to be and referred to under related documents rather than just divisional policy .
15	It 's thirteen minutes past six .
16	It 's non-stop rehearsals from now on .
17	You 're listening to the Fox Report , it 's twelve minutes past six , I 'm Jane Markham .
18	You 're listening to the Fox Report , it 's twelve minutes past six .
19	Well if it 's six pounds for six people that 's thirty six pounds a night is n't it ?
20	It 's six minutes to seven .
21	You 're listening to the Fox Report , it 's six minutes past six .
22	It 's six minutes past six .
23	And you can look at it one way , and say , oh I 've got , I 've got two rows here with six in , and space them out a bit so , or give him that so he 's got sort of , two rows with six in , and you say , oh from where you 're looking at it , it 's six rows with two in .
24	And it 's six cells of about five or six machines in each cell .
25	‘ It 's just a small celebration in honour of the fact that it 's six years to the day tomorrow since Filippo and I met — ’ She broke off and giggled .
26	It 's 11 minutes to 7
27	It 's 11 minutes past 6 .
28	It 's 11 minutes past 6 .
29	So , yes , it 's a little bit sort of shots in the dark really when you come to play them , but erm it 's fifteen men against fifteen other men and erm hopefully , erm we can erm pull it off next week and get to Twickenham .
30	It 's 17 minutes past 6 .