Example sentences of "it [be] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it been any night other than Wednesday , he would have staggered out . |
| 2 | But the poem progressed farther in the mind than on paper , and all that survives of it are some verse fragments describing the distant wail of swallows and seagulls , water dripping one Sunday from the miller 's wheel ( perhaps at Kilve ) , the snow blown curling from a wood ‘ like pillars of cottage smoke ’ , and a wild Quantock pony racing in the wind . |
| 3 | Could it be that Sun Microsystems Inc president Scott McNealy 's voice is being heard this side of the Atlantic , after he reportedly told Novell Inc 's Ray Noorda to fire everyone at Unix System Labs except a handful of marketing guys and the engineers ? |
| 4 | Was the Universe destined to go on expanding forever , or might it be that gravity would eventually pull all the galaxies back together again until there was a ‘ Big Crunch ’ — later to be followed by a new Big Bang ? |
| 5 | Could it be that Europeanism is in direct proportion to dissatisfaction with one 's own political institutions ? |
| 6 | Would it be that head of the family ? or the coffin maker ? |
| 7 | I looked carefully about me , hiding behind one of those contorted shapes , and glimpsed Dana in the distance , walking away from the group of friends and joining a young woman , tall , pale , dark , distinguished-looking — could it be that dancer of his ? |
| 8 | ‘ Could it be that crime has become too easy , that violence has become too much a theme of television and videos , that respect for other people has gone too much out of fashion and too many young people see no stake for themselves in this society and see more of a future in crime and the black economy ? ’ he asked . |
| 9 | Might it be that living with Phillis had turned him patsy , a dope to any skirt ? |
| 10 | Could it be that Mathilde and her father had … |
| 11 | Would it be all self taught or or how |
| 12 | Nor might it be much consolation to him , as he ran into the singularity in real time , to know that his particles will survive in imaginary time . |
| 13 | Could it be some sort of retribution for sending a 440k gif file last week ? |
| 14 | Might it be some form of … |
| 15 | Could it be some form of horse decoration . |
| 16 | Oh , please do n't let it be another car full of drunks ! |
| 17 | ‘ Would it be any help to tell me ? ’ |
| 18 | would it be any help for |
| 19 | I got no , I 've got no innate ability and if you try to teach me , would it be any use ? just a stupid example . |
| 20 | Oh it were all camp . |
| 21 | The man who used to ride around Knockglen as if it were all part of his estate ; that was Eve 's grandfather , Major Charles Westward . |
| 22 | do er , it were all wallpaper |
| 23 | The contract is back again , I done all this erm water pipe it were all gravel in there sunk into the ground you know big hole in the ground ! |
| 24 | eh , it were that lady come quick and he |
| 25 | She said to me when they find out what it is she could soon have you on your feet , but she thought it were that shadow on me lung . |
| 26 | It were that skirt were n't it ? |
| 27 | ‘ It were that doctor with the yellow hair , were n't it ? ’ she said . |
| 28 | ‘ She reckons it were that chap she worked for , the one what lives in one of they new houses here in Upper Benbury . ’ |
| 29 | er it were this mechanic who lives in who 's , who knows a good mate of Tony 's and he 's told Tony Tony told him like and he says right , he said leave the car to me . |
| 30 | He was studying it reverently , as if it were some breviary of tobacco . |