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

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1 Despite the absence of Count Gerald , Charles did not enter Paris ( perhaps it was fortified against him ) .
2 Perhaps it was stolen from him .
3 However , because they had been unemployed , they had not earned enough money in the previous three years to qualify for the mature student allowance , and so it was denied to them .
4 You 'd g had to parade on the Sunday erm for weapon training , and one Sunday we earlier on , we had n't fired a rifle , so it was arranged for us to fire a rifle at a rifle range .
5 And thus it was agreed between them that all this compilation should stand as it had done .
6 It is not it was given to me by a nice gentleman from Napier College doing
7 Not unnaturally it was handed to me , now being officially outside the Ministère and a recognised arms dealer .
8 ‘ No — as far as I can make out it was hidden in it .
9 Now it 's arranged for them to spend a year living with families over here .
10 Now it was forced on me .
11 There 's this guy there called Les , now it was put to us when we were down there last time that erm , attending this meeting when it happens would be er one Nigel , who 's , I do n't quite , I ca n't remember what he 's picked for , erm he 's actually been promoted , he 's pretty senior , he was basically in charge of the product engineering at , and he 's now been promoted so that puts him even further up the ladder
12 Originally it was planned for them to eliminate enemies of the Islamic Republic , but this mission was deemed more important .
13 Long ago it was stolen from us , and we hold the memory of it dear ; now that the powers of darkness have grown so strong , Andernesse is the one safe place for it .
14 Your reward , which you may decide to turn down when eventually it is offered to you , is to stand on the vertiginous suspension bridge which was strung between the two sides of the gorge here in 1920 .
15 I have done just this , or rather it was thrust upon me .
16 You know , they 're very I mean the w they way how it was put to me is to d same with all your questions , it was the er , was it the tail wagging the dog .
17 Preston avoided travelling by tube as much as possible , but sometimes it was forced upon him .
18 because he went on so much and then it was bought for him .
19 If the knowledge was acquired by Ferguson & Forster at all , then it was acquired by them in
20 Top star Scaggs has been playing a Lowden since last year , when it was introduced to him after a concert and he was so taken by it , that he has now persuaded fellow stars Glenn Campbell and Charlie Daniels to buy them as well .
21 And that was the sort of level of detail to which we thought we might need to go in those districts where it is demonstrated to us , of the district do need to be considered differently .
22 If the wind had been stronger or the tide just a touch faster it 's broken on it we 'd be this minute !
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