Example sentences of "[Wh adv] it [be] [vb pp] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 A PUBLIC relations stunt to prove that Charles and Diana have patched up their troubled marriage backfired last night when it was revealed they will still sleep in separate beds .
2 THE Queen came under fire last night when it was revealed it costs £369,000 for a day 's sailing in the royal yacht Britannia .
3 TROUBLED morning television station GMTV finally had something to smile about last night when it was revealed it gained an extra million viewers over the last two weeks .
4 The Italian model hit the headlines earlier this year when it was rumoured she went to Thailand with Mick Jagger .
5 Nicholson was in awe of Minnelli ; this was , after all , his first experience of a mainstream director of Minnelli 's vintage , and he began to worry after the first day when it was suggested he might get his hair cut .
6 Because in in the early days when it was invented I mean people were actually embossing the dots on by hand individually erm so er anyway yeah so , yeah that , that would be excellent , yeah , mm .
7 Mary was pensioned off soon after this and now lives in a rage in Malta , where it is feared she is writing her memoirs .
8 He is allegedly being held in a secret location in Riyadh where it is feared he is at risk of torture and execution .
9 He 's also known to deal in drugs in and around Amsterdam where it 's rumoured he lives on a houseboat somewhere in the Jordan area .
10 The man that was on the mower , they had an eye to that they would just wait until it was off the the Where it was cut you see ?
11 In preparation for this , the first decade of the regime was devoted to the development of the infrastructure , in particular the railways and canals , so that by 1860 France had reached a point where it was felt she was capable of competing with the greatest economic power of the age .
12 ‘ Very nice , ’ said Joe , eyeing the purchases , she 'd set out on the bed , ‘ but explain why it 's taken you all day . ’
13 The overiding feeling among local people is one of relief that the party is over — what many are asking though , is why it was allowed it to start in the first place .
14 I could not understand why it was suggested I was a cheat . ’
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