Example sentences of "it be [noun] [conj] they had " in BNC.

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1 It is time that they had a backing .
2 It was Sunday and they had all found rooms in a commercial apartment house .
3 She watched him go , realizing it was weeks since they had sat down for dinner together without an interruption , and over a week since they had made love .
4 It was noon before they had completed the morning 's tasks , and as they came out from the buildings to go across to the house , the snow had ceased to fall .
5 It was Saturday so they had put up the green fee from four and sixpence to seven and six and she could n't bear to waste the money .
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