Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] be [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She realized that she was feeling it too , frozen to the marrow in this bitter East wind which kept whipping her cloak off her shoulders as contemptuously as if it had been made of pocket-handkerchieves instead of tablecloths , her stomach hollow and aching , her head feeling light and aching a little too . |
| 2 | His smile vanished as if it had been peeled of . |
| 3 | If it has been made of lead , then I would also have suggested that it was a pommel . |
| 4 | After it has been emptied of radioactivity , the cone-shaped plastic insert is removed from the bottle . |
| 5 | The interior shows the basic form much as it was built , though it has been stripped of its decoration . |
| 6 | It is sometimes argued that certain subjects are better vehicles for a liberal education than others , because they are concerned with the human rather than merely the natural , or are reflexive rather than merely instrumental ; hence the term ‘ liberal ’ has been most often associated with the arts , and in this century social sciences , though it has been used of some science courses as well ( e.g. ‘ Liberal Studies in Science ’ ) . |