Example sentences of "it be [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Had it been normal parents sitting in court , would they have been ordered to pay £7,000 ? |
| 2 | Had it been deliberate Edouard hesitated , unsure ; it had happened so quickly that it was difficult to know . |
| 3 | Lexical retrieval : the lexicon is searched , and retrieved from it are abstract codes representing the content words ( nouns , verbs , adjectives , some adverbs ) that the message level representation specifies — in our example , codes representing the words boy , girl , flower , and hit . |
| 4 | The balcony of a gold-stone house was small as a matchbox , the family leaning on it were doll's-house figures watching the world go by . |
| 5 | Gloucester city council meets tonight to decide on the fate of it 's controversial plans to raise council house rents by 45 per cent and to close Gloucester law centre . |
| 6 | I know it 's 'ard and awkward hours , but at least it 's regular money comin' in . ’ |
| 7 | For a building steeped in so much history it 's present condition saddens those who would like to see it restored . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's low land brings out the real farmer , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Highways Department , with it 's usual highways briefing , that comes every month , erm a pamphlet or a booklet about highways in winter , we ought to put around . |
| 10 | When you have an unidentified body and a missing man it 's straightforward police work to put them together and see if they fit . |
| 11 | But if it 's straight word processing you 're after , Q&A has most of what you need . |
| 12 | ELDORADO CLOSE IT 'S SHEER EL LIVING HERE NOW ! |
| 13 | It 's sheer torture to hold back , but I must . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Initially our agents had no idea of who he was , but as I 'm sure you know it 's standard procedure to take photographs , and as soon as we compared them and a descrip-tion with our files , we were in no doubt as to who he was . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ They were close brothers and it 's terrible news to hear for any family . ’ |
| 17 | It is claimed to be particularly useful for field engineers since it 's small size makes it ideal for use with portable computers . |
| 18 | It 's hot air blowing in . |
| 19 | The truth is Mr Chairman that community care had as it 's major objective extending choice , give the chance to stay at home to many people for as long as possible , to eliminated the unwanted percentage of residential placements . |
| 20 | It 's long-play feature enables you to record up to eight hours of matches on one tape — twice as long as usual ! |
| 21 | It 's plump actors pretending to be working class , when their fathers are neuro-surgeons . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's nice Robina found you , Vern , ’ Mrs F said over her shoulder . |
| 23 | ‘ Eh , lass , it 's grand ti see thi ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's grand ti see thoo , lass , ’ he breathed , and then after a ferocious bout of coughing , allowed his eyes to close again , as though the effort had been too great ! |
| 25 | Tony Revell says it 's living hell to work with , and I believe him . |
| 26 | All you seem to think it 's bloody Halloween come back again . |
| 27 | It 's bloody mass produced now is n't it ? |
| 28 | It 's great fun to use , and will appeal to trivia buffs everywhere . |
| 29 | It 's great fun using a calculator when it 's a new toy but when you 've got to use it every time you need to work something out , |
| 30 | But it 's great fun watching these little monsters give undercover cop Arnie the run-around . |