Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it been deliberate Edouard hesitated , unsure ; it had happened so quickly that it was difficult to know . |
| 2 | Unbeknown to all , though , Harry 's bird arrived in Lisbon in 1975 , where it 's Swiss owners gave it the wrong name a nom-de-plume if you like . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's nice Robina found you , Vern , ’ Mrs F said over her shoulder . |
| 4 | Among lots of small trees was seven fifty foot black it 's front garden held two mighty elms . |
| 5 | It does n't matter whether it 's one pizza shared out between three of us or as we tried earlier two shared out between six of us . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's all activity oriented contact which is a beginning to help to alter the preconceived ideas that might exist in the minds of the local community . |
| 7 | And , and erm because it 's all mass produced er they can actually build a nuclear power station for half the price that we can that obviously has an effect on the economics . |
| 8 | Today , many of it 's current students made it clear they like it that way . |
| 9 | It 's this shoulder stuffed up again . |
| 10 | It 's OK nan died . |
| 11 | Interestingly , though , according to Lindsey much of what sounds acoustic on the record is n't actually acoustic ; it 's electric guitar recorded direct , and in mono . |
| 12 | Well I was working in the quarry , and er it 's last March turned round and said he wanted a new implemented with a new miracle saw that he had bought and he did n't really give us much warning about what he was gon na do but all he said was that er he was gon na scrap our old bonus contract and implement a new one no matter what , and from various figures that were bandied about we all realized we were gon na back quite a lot worse off because of it . |
| 13 | It is this knowledge prompted by , and answering to , divinely inspired longing that William Langland gestures towards in Piers Plowman . |
| 14 | It is high technology made easy . |
| 15 | One of the few senior aides in the confidence of the couple admits it is unlikely Tim bent down on one knee to pop the question . |
| 16 | did it , it was all road transported in them days . |
| 17 | It was only a split second but it was all Donna needed . |
| 18 | A panel of medical and scientific experts based them on how likely it was that cancer had been caused by the victim 's working conditions . |
| 19 | He reiterated , with immense care and deliberation , why it was that Sien had come to mean so much to him . |
| 20 | It was that angel put me right . |
| 21 | And thus it was that glamour had arrived for our heroine . |
| 22 | So he ought , thought Sally-Anne , and so he is , and , desperate to change the conversation , to steer it away from dangerous ground , she said , as brightly as she could , through numb lips , ‘ Sha n't we miss the last horse bus home if we do n't leave soon ? ’ thinking how fortunate it was that Stair had not told Dr Neil the other heiress 's identity — Sally-Anne Tunstall might have been a dead give-away ; she really ought to have changed her Christian name . |
| 23 | And , whatever it was that drahá meant , she liked that too . |
| 24 | When stardom struck , he was already in his thirties , the hair showed signs of receding and because it was brown Beatty taught him a trick with make-up shadow that reduced the emphasis of an enlarged forehead . |
| 25 | It said nothing relevant to the well being of the country ; it was blank space titivated by invective and promises of massive cash hand outs . |
| 26 | ‘ It was obvious Heather had been unwell , but she seemed almost completely better . |
| 27 | And it was obvious Frontenac had not . |
| 28 | Right , now it was obvious James fancied me . |
| 29 | And I was so sad because it 's it was some water went on it . |
| 30 | Mrs Blakey would immediately tell her husband and Mr Blakey would immediately go to wherever it was this boy lived and warn him that if he did n't stop the police would be informed . |