Example sentences of "it be [pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I was n't so much disappointed as that I was disappointed that there was only five would be sponsors and that it was we had to give out |
| 2 | They would say whatever it was they had to say in their own time . |
| 3 | where ever it was , whatever it was I had to do , I got stuck , there were , there were just no underground trains in either direction on that line at all and a , a great tanner went |
| 4 | Then it was I thought to look about on the ground near me , recalling that strange visit — had it happened ? — in the night . |
| 5 | No one ever knew where it was she hoped to go . |
| 6 | If she had been an ordinary teacher , trying to teach an ordinary sedentary subject like history or Latin , she would have been mercilessly flouted and mocked , but as it was she managed to get by . |
| 7 | She no longer had any idea what it was she wanted to say to him . |
| 8 | The question she was avoiding was whether Miss Fergusson might not have been the instrument of her own precipitation , in order to achieve or confirm whatever it was she wanted to achieve or confirm . |
| 9 | But as soon as you — did whatever it was you did to get Kokos out of my head , I came to my so-called senses . ’ |
| 10 | And without even checking where it was he planned to take her . |
| 11 | No doubt she was wondering what it was he expected to find . |
| 12 | Had he done whatever it was he had to do ? |
| 13 | Then he let go of my sleeve as if he 'd confessed what it was he had to confess . |
| 14 | As it was he had to find his own way out of an embrace involving him far more seriously than he intended . |
| 15 | When I saw him dancing at the Saturday night disco at the Turtle Bay Hilton I thought I had discovered how it was he managed to survive those horrendous wipeouts . |
| 16 | When it was he proceeded to colour it , either from memory , or with colour notes made under the same conditions as the original drawing , paying attention most of all to tonal values and local colour . |
| 17 | As it was he tried to think of other things . |
| 18 | But quite often Quigley will keep his audience in such a state of suspense that he forgets what it was he intended to say . |