Example sentences of "it be [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or had it been shot down over the Channel ? |
| 2 | Bosnia is in worse condition now than had it been split up last year . |
| 3 | Maître Binoche estimates it could have fetched FFr300 million had it been allowed out . |
| 4 | When Archelaos died he had begun an intervention in Thessaly which , had it been carried through , might have pre-empted Philip 's operations in the 350s . |
| 5 | Only in recent years has it been taken over as the civic centre , and the Goose Fair relegated to the outer suburbs ; but for something like a thousand years it was the market place . |
| 6 | How had it been handed over ? |
| 7 | ‘ How long has it been going on ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ How long has it been going on ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ How long has it been going on ? |
| 10 | How long had it been going on ? |
| 11 | ‘ How long has it been going on ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Well how 's it been working out ? ’ |
| 13 | The likelihood is not that the whole system is ‘ switched off , but that parts of it are turned off in a very unsystematic way . |
| 14 | In the cooler air of the upper atmosphere , the chemical reactions which destroy it are slowed down , thereby enhancing its greenhouse effect . |
| 15 | In the experience of the author , the idea of the scheme is catching on very widely , and the theories running through it are rubbing off on traditional conveyancing practice in the commercial area . |
| 16 | Can Making Belfast Work be improved or should it be shut down to make way for alternative policies ? |
| 17 | The old saying points both to the great latent — and often unrealized — fertility stored in the root system of an old permanent sward , and to the difficulty of rebuilding this treasure should it be dug up and spent . |
| 18 | Well no wo n't it be built in . |
| 19 | Should it be pointed out all three winners were males ? |
| 20 | Could it be relied on to work well in the United Kingdom ? |
| 21 | I understand it , is that erm , even given that this case is arguable , erm alright let it be argued out , but if , if er , before it is argued out you 're not entitled to collect money from a simple fund , you are frustrating the objectives of the directive |
| 22 | The big question is — can it be given back by design ? |
| 23 | You ca n't see the kids without so he [ husband ] let it be cut off . |
| 24 | It could not be hurried , nor , when the time came , could it be held back . |
| 25 | Someone who put £50,000 into his licensed dealer 's portfolio , and who let it be churned around ad infinitum , was likely to be testing what the firm would do with it . |
| 26 | Wo n't it be pulling up some of that sludge through the chiller and if we do n't |
| 27 | In his will , dated 4 October 1606 , he left bequests to his family , £200 to the poor , £40 towards equipping a local house of correction , should it be set up , and 20 marks to build ‘ lodges ’ for four tinners . |
| 28 | How can it be pulled out it was up there for ages |
| 29 | Other stories say that the Queen Regent became afraid of a public outcry should it be found out that she had even contemplated giving up such a prize . |
| 30 | ‘ There is no doubt about the quality of the coal , but two questions need to be answered — can it be brought out at a price which allows a profit and can the consortium attract the investment required to run the place ? ’ |