Example sentences of "it [be] [vb pp] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether I pay or go free , whatever the cost , I will not let it be said I killed a decent man to keep him from accusing me . |
| 2 | Do n't let it be said I kept you here against your will . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't let it be said I stopped anyone working — especially Robyn Drew , ’ he added sarcastically . |
| 4 | Well , never let it be said I disappointed a lady ! ’ he growled , coming to his knees and reaching for her . |
| 5 | And if so why should it be supposed they had adventured into the forest rather than eastward towards the corn lands and the nearer towns , and the coast ? |
| 6 | John Major too has let it be known he believes President Clinton 's foreign policy to be virtually indistinguishable from that of George Bush . |
| 7 | In well it were done you know one fellow get on with that . |
| 8 | ‘ We had a similar set-up some years ago and if it were reintroduced I think the standard of the women 's game would rise ’ . |
| 9 | And although yesterday 's total is nearly 40,000 below the region 's high of the last five years nearly 192,000 , reached in June 1987 their plans will stop it being surpassed they argue . |
| 10 | you know keeping two of them fixed and the other two If you think about it being stretched you get a rectangle do n't you ? |
| 11 | It 's made her look much better , she 's put on weight , and stopped smoking . |
| 12 | I expect it 's made you feel a bit jumpy too , like ? ’ |
| 13 | Oh , by the way , we 've got another one of your statues with no eyes in and everybody 's saying it 's made you go blind , know what I mean ? take no notice luv they 're only jealous . |
| 14 | It 's understood he 'd met the victim some weeks before in the Fleet Street area of Swindon . |
| 15 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 16 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 17 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 18 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 19 | Pamela had left no note but it 's understood she 'd been depressed before her death . |
| 20 | It 's believed he dies of a heart attack or stroke . |
| 21 | It 's believed he wants £12million . |
| 22 | When it 's done I hope to interest the Church in a mission to the gipsies . ’ |
| 23 | She ( Jane 's editor ) is so jittery it 's said she wriggles about on her chair to such an extent that she wears out several pairs of knickers a week ! ’ |
| 24 | Oh yeah yeah and they they keep er actually this album the reason it 's called I keep saying album we keep going back to the days of vinyl er the reason its called By Request over the last four of five years Telstar sent out a sort of feelers on different sleeves asking people if there were any songs that they might like to hear Foster and Allen sing . |
| 25 | He says that his face was badly burnt and it 's meant he has n't been able to take part in his favourite game of rugby . |
| 26 | It 's alleged he cut his thumb on the broken glass and that Paterson helped him get rid of the bloodstained clothing . |
| 27 | It 's alleged he fondled the women and suggested they take off their clothes while they were taking their driving tests . |
| 28 | It 's alleged he gave a different description in this interview to the one he gave to the trial and the inquiry looked into why the evidence was not disclosed to the jury . |
| 29 | And in the time it 's taken you to read this , it 's sold out . |
| 30 | Arthur is inclined to be delicate and it 's feared he has not long to live . |