Example sentences of "it had be [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the hope of it had been worth steeling herself to ask Edwin for that loan . |
| 2 | And , well , I just felt it had been worth trying but it was n't going to work . |
| 3 | Clarke had said the same thing and she had tried desperately to comply but it had been like trying to lay hold of darting butterflies . |
| 4 | It had been like kicking the hell out of a two-hole outhouse ; a lot of shit had gotten out and the stink rode free on the four winds . |
| 5 | Surinder , a Sikh woman , explained to me what it had been like coming to Britain in the sixties and finding a job in a sweat-shop soon after . |
| 6 | This was travelling in style — as one Imperial Airways passenger put it : ‘ I was sorry to get out ; it had been like sitting in a comfortable friendly club . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Kerrigan then questioned Mr Mackie about what it had been like working at the Kenway depot at the time he alleged drugs were being taken . |
| 8 | For a while they had all pretended , but it had been like walking on broken glass . |
| 9 | The new Emperor had seen how instrumental it had been in holding back the tide of Chaos and wanted to add yet another weapon to mankind 's arsenal . |