Example sentences of "[prep] it have [been] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He had said it a hundred times over the past blissful hour together , and each time the sound of it had been even sweeter .
2 In terms of the content of this newer work — the question that is so often evaded — it is probably true to say that much of it has been ultimately concerned with the processes and exercise of power .
3 Their output has been prodigious — and most of it has been perfectly intelligible , even to those who would rather it were not .
4 She wanted life to be like it had been earlier that evening .
5 My contact with it has been purely social . ’
6 My wilful grasp upon it had been entirely unproblematic , as sure as neat fingers picking up pins , or knitting , and then casting off the atomic stitches of the material world .
7 The way people had responded to it had been very encouraging , with news bulletins showing Sheila 's appeal and a photograph of the vigil even appearing on the front page of the Daily Telegraph .
8 Erin talks about the joy the mindless child brings her — well , so it may , but her love for it has been most destructive for others .
9 Market demand for it has been much higher than expected and there is n't the manufacturing capacity to build both four and five-speeds for the same application .
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