Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Only from here could it be reasonably expected to take off .
2 ‘ Because if you do n't , ’ said Owen , ‘ I shall let it be generally known that Andrus has been giving money to the Moslems for them to use against Copts . ’
3 And would it be just kept for funerals especially .
4 Wilson knew that some visiting Americans had let it be widely known in Florence that they considered Mrs Browning little more than a ghost and though she had laughed such gossip to scorn she now saw there was perhaps real cause for alarm .
5 Nor can it be wholly explained by the employment changes which were pushing greater numbers of people into the market irrespective of wage trends .
6 Will it be quietly forgotten in the next boom period ( whenever that might be ) ?
7 Should it be so decided , the first thing under review will be the road system which just about copes with the present traffic .
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