Example sentences of "[vb past] it be [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she did n't respond — at least she did n't do that ! — or only a little bit , only the very smallest bit , because it was so very sweet , so very exciting , so very much what she had always hoped a kiss might be , and if he believed it was what she wanted , why not let him think so ? |
| 2 | But this time I decided it 's what I want to do and bugger it . |
| 3 | I decided it was something I 'd eaten and went back to sleep . ’ |
| 4 | Meg had heard of him , and Caro saw it was what she wanted to hear . |
| 5 | over that woman 's feet , cos you know what she did , she rang up Lynnette , she got through to the wrong extension Debbie answered , she slammed the phone down , and Debbie knew it were her she went mad |
| 6 | From then on , I knew it was something I wanted to do . |
| 7 | She did n't know how he had forced that admission out of her , she only knew it was something she had to say . |
| 8 | She knew it was her they were talking about , but the shock of her arrest , the exhausting interview with Nathan Bryce , lack of food and the unaccustomed heat had totally drained her . |
| 9 | He knew it was what they wanted to do , what they had planned to do , so why did n't they just do it then ? |
| 10 | Someone else had to crystallize the feeling , but then I knew it was what I wanted to be . |
| 11 | But Dominic carried a donor card so we knew it was what he wanted , ’ said his mother Janice . |
| 12 | And she knew it was what she wanted . |
| 13 | Thought it were one he fetched down . |
| 14 | And I never knew there was actually a proper song to it , I thought it was one we 'd made up junior school . |
| 15 | He thought it was what she had come for . |
| 16 | ‘ You mean we lived in London because you thought it was what I wanted ? ’ |
| 17 | Another funny story , also off the record is that that lay in a drawer for two years because they thought it was controversial , they thought it was which I find hilarious . |
| 18 | Said he thought it was something he ate . |
| 19 | I had a little stomach-ache and I thought it was something I 'd eaten . |
| 20 | That was what was so endearing about him , but she hardly thought it was something she should mention to his brother ! |
| 21 | He said : ‘ Two people came up behind me and one of them wrapped his arms around me — I thought it was someone I knew . |
| 22 | I feared that , but I must always have wanted it too , because when you had me dismissed from that job — Oh , I hated that , I hated not being able to see you any more , but I thought it was you I hated . |
| 23 | ‘ I was so angry I started to cry , but the stylist insisted it was what I 'd asked for . |
| 24 | When we first made love , I would lie on the bed in a certain way so my tummy did n't flop , then I realised it was me he loved , flab and all . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Well , I moved out , came to live here in a rented house I ca n't really afford , Susan sold the flat , which seemed a bit more than a symbolic act , I continued to love her and miss her , I tried to understand what she felt and hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through so that we could be together again . |
| 26 | He saw the tatty rooms , the junk-shop furniture … hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through , so that we could be together again . |
| 27 | Yeah , we just had it 's what she 's eaten cos I have n't had not time to get it done ! |