Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] it be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a most successful party , and the only person who failed to enjoy it was the one for whom it had been given . |
| 2 | She looked at the clock , frustrated to find it was only a little after eleven . |
| 3 | The hunt involved admitted it was in the wrong . |
| 4 | He tried to suggest it was a casual encounter as he stepped from the shadows , but realized at once that his subterfuge was painfully obvious . |
| 5 | At least I tried to think it was . |
| 6 | The cost of this exercise was considered prohibitive , and the time factor to effect the alterations involved had it been financially acceptable , would have taken a couple of years . |
| 7 | He tried to say it was n't quite what he had in mind . |
| 8 | ‘ He tried to say it was too much worry for him but I know him too well to believe that . |
| 9 | mm which have to be , er , er I 'd heard it 's round about January sometime is that right ? |
| 10 | I 'd heard it was a lovely area but was n't prepared for its rugged beauty . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd like to think that our audience here came out because of the last gig , because that caused a real stir here and I 'd like to think they were here because they 'd heard it was special . |
| 12 | He 'd heard it was quite expensive to get in . |
| 13 | I subsequently choked on my tea as I 'd heard it was 250,000 . |
| 14 | I 'd I 'd heard it was a mill . |
| 15 | So he saw it , told nurse it were right in folds down there |
| 16 | Everybody seemed to know it was coming . |
| 17 | If we 'd won it was 2nd place . |
| 18 | I 'd forgotten it was an away game . ’ |
| 19 | I , I have actually , erm no I 'd forgotten it was on . |
| 20 | He 'd decided it was best to keep out of Stella 's way until he was actually at the field . |
| 21 | Obviously he 'd decided it was worth putting up with the foul-smelling smoke for the sake of picking Michael 's experienced brain . |
| 22 | He revealed that he 'd been intending to do an act at the Easter Fete but had abandoned it because he 'd decided it was a load of rubbish . |
| 23 | Recently , he 'd left them very much in her hands , but now , with her own departure looming , he 'd decided it was necessary to go through everything with her . |
| 24 | It had come out and I 'd said it 's what I felt at the minute . |
| 25 | He 'd said it was very big , too big , even with oil , even with Vaseline ; he 'd cried out when Jean-Paul pushed up him . |
| 26 | He 'd said it was a surrender to the inevitable because her actress-mother was the famous one and he kept getting called Mr Williams anyway . |
| 27 | He 'd said it was a natural voice , one that did n't have to be nursed or conserved or constantly disciplined . |
| 28 | and he said , this is lower than what you 'd said it was gon na be . |
| 29 | If they 'd been wise and told their government that this tax should not happen , as indeed many of their former ministers , like Michael Heseltine said , they 'd said it was incredibly complicated although seemed sounding easy , and would in fact bring higher levels of taxation to the lowest income people , then er if the local tories had actually acted on that and put pressure on their central party , perhaps their government would n't be in such a mess about this issue now . |
| 30 | Absolutely no interest in politics whatsoever you know all they 'd done it 's you know it 's sad to see things the way they are but it seems to be that with the world over at the moment so . |