Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [conj] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All right , there had been two of them involved and it was unfair , but he would be feeling tricked … and trapped . |
| 2 | I asked if it was foreign and she said that it was . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I asked if it was for himself or his mother . |
| 4 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
| 5 | But it does n't it does n't take from the point that I made that it is i i the allocation they 're seeking is aimed at a very specific sector of the employment base . |
| 6 | As I opened it , and looked out , I realized that it was the first time I had consciously looked out : before , I had always been hurrying by . |
| 7 | The radio was silent and I realized that it was coming from outside . |
| 8 | A closer look and I realized that it was not fog but smoke , and very thick at that . |
| 9 | Then I looked at it again and I realized that it was n't too hard . |
| 10 | It was a meadow ready for cutting and suddenly I realized that it was high summer , the sun was hot and that every step brought the fragrance of clover and warm grass rising about me into the crystal freshness of the air . |
| 11 | year but the end result came when the two children did get took into foster care erm , that 's when I realized that it was a problem and I had to do something about it . |
| 12 | The Aldershot method was particularly important for me because I realised that it 's something we use every day or we see every day er and it emotionally prepares the audience the listener for what I 'm going to say . |
| 13 | I could not swallow pills until I realised that it was a psychological problem ( ’ Sticky pills ’ ) Monitor , 13 January , p 88 ) . |
| 14 | And when I thought back over the conversation , I realised that it was an extremely unlikely thing to have happened . |
| 15 | I realised that it was time to take back control over my children 's lives and I joined the city wide anti-dampness campaign instead . |
| 16 | Of course , I realised that it was an example of pure coincidence and that there could be nothing more to it . |
| 17 | It was even worse when I realised that it was more than that . |
| 18 | After about two minutes of watching I realised that it was a travel programme and they were in Corfu so I changed the channel . |
| 19 | I then went on to think about who had clipped Secretary of State Samson 's golden locks and , once again , I realised that it was the right hon. Member for Finchley . |
| 20 | Then they said well and then I realised that it was Fennite and I 'd heard of that |
| 21 | I did n't really believe it at first , er , and then I received couple or more phone calls from er various people in the industry who er , who were aware of it and started to congratulate me , and then I realised that it was the truth , that er I really did have a big hit record once again with Blue Velvet . |
| 22 | In Chapter 2 , I argued that it is very important to test the system as a whole as early as possible rather than to develop components in isolation . |
| 23 | I checked and it is forty nine ninety five |
| 24 | I registered that it was Mme Guérigny and her brothers and sisters-in-law who uttered the calumnies , and only later that Jean-Claude never took issue with them . |
| 25 | I , with a mother 's intuition , had suspected that ‘ things ’ were not right but I expected that it was one of those ‘ hiccups ’ … ) not so , I 'm afraid . |
| 26 | I found that it is the planning of this , that it 's also choir rehearsals , and certain school activities that do clash . |
| 27 | I found that it was easy to read and well organised in eight chapters . |
| 28 | Each repeated the other 's remarks and on the couple of occasions that I went there when Sparks were crowded out , I found that it was extremely difficult not to laugh . |
| 29 | I found that it was vital to keep them under water when moving them after I had experienced problems with eggs which were accidentally exposed to air which probably dried them out . |
| 30 | Sometimes I found that it was better left off , but equally it could often provide the missing element in certain sounds . |