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

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1 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 .
2 He reiterated , with immense care and deliberation , why it was that Sien had come to mean so much to him .
3 And thus it was that glamour had arrived for our heroine .
4 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 .
5 It was obvious Heather had been unwell , but she seemed almost completely better .
6 And it was obvious Frontenac had not .
7 For though it was true Maurice had brought it upon himself , he had also brought it upon her .
8 There was nothing so cosily malicious , once it was mutually accepted , as dead love , and besides it was plain Dotty had a thing going with Fairchild .
9 The judge said it was clear police had drawn the wrong conclusions .
10 Before it was light Chola had lit a fire , and was frying puris and boiling a small pan of rice for Sigarup to eat before he left .
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