Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [vb past] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether the attention it received was due to its classic looks or the fast drying coating of mud which reached on to the roof was difficult to judge , though I suspect , it was the butch overcoat which caught so many eyes . |
| 2 | However , it was clear from the Special Commissioner 's decision that he had looked at all the evidence and asked himself whether in view of that evidence it had been reasonable for the inspector to form the view he had taken . |
| 3 | THE IRA murdered a man it said was one of its former members yesterday and claimed he was a police informer . |
| 4 | In fact it had been open for some time already as had half a dozen other places within easy walk because America believes in man 's inalienable right to eat whenever he is awake . |
| 5 | His Lordship accepted Mr Bayliss 's submission that Order 5 , rule 5 did not give power to make an order for contribution in favour of a representative defendant against a member of the class which he was named as representing ; and that the only power it gave was that of giving leave to a person , in whose favour a judgment or order had been given or made , to enforce the judgment or order against a person not a party to the proceedings who was bound by the judgment or order . |