Example sentences of "[vb past] it been the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But of course , had Alexander 's argument and Lewis 's interpretation of it been irrefutable , had it been the kind of thing which compelled religious certainty , then all the philosophers in Oxford would have fallen to their knees when they had finished reading it . |
| 2 | Had it been the other way round , and I was experiencing an Anglican church for the first time , the shock might have been even greater . |
| 3 | Had it been the director with a retained shareholding of 30 shares who had died on 31 December 1986 , his estate too would have had the benefit of business assets relief , but at a lower percentage deduction . |
| 4 | Even had it been the best apple tree anyone could knit I can not see that I would hang swing tickets on it ( so badly coloured with felt tip pen that the Infant 's class would be ashamed of the work ! ) . |
| 5 | In other words , the very development by which IBM could have gained enormously had it been the initiator led , a few short and bumpy years later , to the same results . |
| 6 | Had it been the truth — that damaged wrist ? |
| 7 | Had it been the final confirmation of her suspicions ? |
| 8 | Had it been the London underground I might have panicked . |
| 9 | Had it been the biggest mistake of her life ? |
| 10 | Had it been the form that all agencies were not mentioned , this may have been acceptable , but to be forced to listen to a litany of other agency names — not least Barkers Trident — without a single mention of our own was deplorable . |
| 11 | Thirty minutes of oratory and twelve of applause ; or had it been the other way round ? |
| 12 | I know the soldier would have helped Russell had it been the other way around . |
| 13 | Just the sort of behaviour , in fact , that , had it been the work of the lads from the local council estate , would have resulted in a platoon of plods descending at great speed , batons ready in the best of LAPD fashion . |