Example sentences of "and [det] [noun sg] it be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had n't noticed before just how thin she was , and that night it was obvious that her maid had been over-generous with the rouge-brush . |
| 2 | Staff and students wishing to use the car parks must register their vehicle each academic year and each time it is changed . |
| 3 | And this way it 's more obvious what 's going on . |
| 4 | I tried it on Thursday actually at my local and this year it 's er very pleasant . |
| 5 | Last year it was 23 per cent , and this year it is expected to reach 34 per cent . |
| 6 | Currently , it has about 550,000 motor policies in force ; last year , in terms of written premiums , it wrote £84m , and this year it is looking at £150m-plus . |
| 7 | The event now claims international status with speakers from Europe and the USA , and this year it is sponsored by DTI under its Usability Now ! technology transfer programme . |
| 8 | Last year more than £61,000 was raised for Macmillan Nurses and this year it is hoped to raise between £75,000 and £100,000 . |
| 9 | Last year it was the team monitoring the Gulf war and this year it was Yugoslavia . |
| 10 | Secretary Gordon Dixon explained : ‘ Over the past few years we have given cheques to various charities including Childen in Need and this year it was decided to send the proceeds of our charity drive to the Darlington and District Hospice . |
| 11 | ‘ Yeah , and this time it 's in his lung . ’ |
| 12 | Now , the boar is back and this time it 's here to stay . |
| 13 | Well actually it , it is down this quarter , it is down this quarter , because our erm , our total last , last quarter , the balance brought forward was seventeen pounds fifty five and this time it 's six pounds seventy six , so we 've reduced the erm the deficit so it is down |
| 14 | And this time it 's the one programme that you can watch . |
| 15 | Firmness gave way to nonchalance again and this time it was positively throw-away . |
| 16 | The phone rang again and this time it was my father . |
| 17 | Then , having asked the congregation to pray for him , he paused again … and this time it was evident that it was physical weakness that obliged him to rest . |
| 18 | The young man spoke again , and this time it was clear that he was angry . |
| 19 | Rohmer smiled again , and this time it was as if he 'd just heard the best news of the evening . |
| 20 | We both broke down and this time it was I who held desperately on to you . |
| 21 | ‘ But I 've paid for you ! ’ he said , and this time it was loud enough to stop every conversation within a radius of twenty-five yards . |
| 22 | There was a longish pause and this time it was Wycliffe who spoke first . |
| 23 | And this time it was signed . |
| 24 | It was the second Cultural Revolution but this time it came from the students and the workers and this time it was nonviolent , peaceful , gentle . |
| 25 | The basin went round again , and this time it was the laughing women guests who were contributing , with squeals of mock protest , urging Marie-Christine to lower her skirt again . |
| 26 | He bent his head again , and this time it was his gentleness which took her by surprise . |
| 27 | He was shaking with rage and this time it was n't a deliberately contrived rage . |
| 28 | Their previous urgency was exhausted , and this time it was long and slow , punctuated with breathless laughter and husky words of endearment . |
| 29 | I mean about , what , recently I 've been getting it for ages and this time it was n't there , and I , and I thought to myself dam it I 'm not going |
| 30 | The greatest composer in the world , if he lacks an interpreter to suit him , is like a man prevented from speaking by a gag ; and this evening it was you who acted as the interpreter to untie the gag , the messenger to carry the good news . |