Example sentences of "it be [subord] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah it were after I 'd had summat to eat . |
| 2 | what it were when I started going . |
| 3 | It 's since I 've met people you know , they all seem jolly . |
| 4 | Taping her earlier and she ke it 's cos I kept going to put sixty four on to tt you know that thing I fill in to say who 's on it ? |
| 5 | No it 's cos I 've got done by the other teachers before . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose it 's because I 've got a naughty face . ’ |
| 7 | At first she sympathised a bit , but basically she thinks it 's because I dare to walk around and look people in the eye — I 'm too challenging or flirty or something . |
| 8 | ROBBIE It was after I 'd had the row with my father . |
| 9 | Yeah I did n't realize how long ago it was till I 'd eaten that . |
| 10 | Well it was when I 'd finished my midwifery training I certainly stayed on a little while in er in doing a bit of district work . |
| 11 | Maybe it was because I 'd seen Ronnie Lane of The Faces — who was my hero at that age — wearing a pair on TV . |
| 12 | The parson rode nearer , and after a moment 's hesitation , explained : ‘ It was because I 've discovered something of historical interest . |
| 13 | If if we were walking down there now I think I could probably give you the er exact place where it was because I 've got a young memory of going in there , we used to er walk around the the you see . |
| 14 | because I 'd had medical Yeah it was cos I 'd had all these operations . |