Example sentences of "[vb base] it [verb] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … ‘ I expect it has been a while , yes . ’ |
| 2 | Having tried it here in our own studio and been most impressed , I have also spoken to JMP-1 converts Geoff Whitehorn and Phil Hilborne who say it 's been a godsend to their recording . |
| 3 | And in fact , I overheard Sir Ewen say it 's been the smallest for the past hundred years . ’ |
| 4 | Lawrence added : ‘ I know it has been an expensive season for fans , but I hope they will dig deep to back the team in their final home game . ’ |
| 5 | It 's a very simple rhythm , but he had written the whole thing shifted over and I got the manuscript and I 'm looking at it and going ‘ Man , I know it 's been a while since I read a lot of solo guitar , but this does n't look right ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I know it 's been a long day but I want you to drive to Sion tonight . |
| 7 | a point at the moment , with the life of the county , I think that we should great potential and great opportunity available to us , and I do hope that all members will er , and I 've written to all our members of parliament with a copy of my letter , er , I had I 've had er , I know it 's been the Christmas period , and that they 're only just getting back into things , and there 's been a lot of diversions at length , and I do have a letter from , er I heard from er , Edward , er , Mr Edward Lee , and and , I still have to hear it from er , the rest of them . |
| 8 | It is considered to have aphrodisiac properties , and some believe it to have been the original ‘ forbidden fruit ’ and that the Seychelles were the site of the Garden of Eden . |
| 9 | I affirm it to have been a fine active stock of books which ought to be available in any good library service … |
| 10 | I mean it 's been a helpful conversation , erm you know I 'm not s I you know you persuaded me , rightly or wrongly , that it 's not that much of an issue in in our fellowship , but it 's something that we do always need to be aware of . |
| 11 | An inglenook , Oh I think it had been a place a sort of built off the fireplace . |
| 12 | Purists argue that science should be precise , and that standardisation of terminology is part of this precision , but I think it has been a retrograde step . |
| 13 | Well I think it 's been a mans world , they , they 've had a wonderful time ! |
| 14 | I think it 's been a continuing problem in the flats . |
| 15 | You know young Neil Lewis coming in for a game like this is tremendous performance and Michael Whitlow and Colin Hill have been up against it but they 've worked hard and I think it 's been a great game and er one nil probably does n't er justify both sides . |
| 16 | Well I think that 's a good way of putting it , absolutely , I mean er As as I say but it it is erm I think it 's been a long process and to get I mean it 's taken nearly two years since the |
| 17 | However , the problem is that Mr is not keen , I think it 's been a labour of love doing the one , he 's not keen to do the other one . |
| 18 | On this point , the head considers the project-inspired developments to have " taken off " at a pace which he had never envisaged : I think it 's been the instigator for a lot of cross-curriculum things which I did n't really anticipate ; I thought it might have been instigator for the sort of subject-based problems that would either stimulate something in the subject or the subject could actually move to the library and it 's obviously worked faster on the cross-curriculum aspect . |
| 19 | I wish it had been a few more noughts on it ! |
| 20 | With so much emphasis on the steroids row it 's been a pleasant distraction to take in a number of excellent Currie Cup matches . |