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 . |