Example sentences of "[is] a [noun] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long he survived his restoration is not certainly known for Northumbrian regnal tradition retained no memory of Eardwulf 's second reign , but there is a possibility that it lasted some three or four years ( see below , p. 196 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ A lot of people do n't realise the movement still exists ; there is a notion that it folded after the rallies of 1976 , ’ says Patrick Corrigan , development co-ordinator with the group . |
| 3 | The first mention of belted Scottish cattle is dated to about 1790 but there is a theory that it received its belt originally from imported Dutch Lakenvelder cattle in the seventeenth century , a breed which possibly also contributed to the now extinct Sheeted Somerset . |
| 4 | You know I ca n't see from that distance I thought John had a snowman badge on today , when I got close it 's an owl and it said I am the vet . |
| 5 | To say it is a hidden village is an understatement as it took some hawk-eyed map reading and signpost spotting to get us there in the first place . |