Example sentences of "it be [pron] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember myself , one time we had we had two grand fields and it were They were almost ripe when it came an awful time of rain , and they were just a sort of flattened . |
| 2 | there it were they were covered |
| 3 | had the one before , it were it were wrapped around chassis underneath ! |
| 4 | Not , oh it was bad , it were it were , well , well stood up all traffic certainly . |
| 5 | Say that for me and go I 'd say it were you were a snob . |
| 6 | And the strange thing about it is they were all orphans . |
| 7 | ‘ Will ye not tell me what it was ye were fighting over ? ’ |
| 8 | As it was we were just too much and he had enough trouble coping with himself . ’ |
| 9 | I heard Claire Rayner say what a good thing it was we were n't immortal because , without the ultimate threat of death , we 'd never have the impetus to use life fully . |
| 10 | We could n't help but notice that some of the coverage following whatever it was we were witness to at UniForum referred to it as ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |
| 11 | We could n't help but notice that some of the coverage following whatever it was we were witness to at Uniforum referred to it as ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |
| 12 | When I annoyed him he would punish me by economising on whatever it was we were doing at the time . |
| 13 | Five and then Charlotte whose house it was we were invading . |
| 14 | He discovered , for example , that laboratory technicians at Fawley were carrying out chemical tests without really understanding what it was they were doing . |
| 15 | ‘ I say them two or three times and it became more obvious each time I say them that they had a real understanding of what it was they were trying to do musically . |
| 16 | She hesitated , torn between the unaccountable shyness she always felt in Louise 's presence and the overwhelming desire to be in on whatever it was they were giggling about , even if she was only a barely tolerated spectator . |
| 17 | ‘ Maybe , ’ Phillis said , ‘ it was they were mad we had nothing much tae rob . ’ |
| 18 | Whatever it was they were after , it was an unknown quantity , unknown , that is , except for a lethal ferocity . |
| 19 | JB : Just working alongside these people , and seeing them being involved in whatever it was they were doing was stimulating in a strange sort of way , and kept us on our toes . |
| 20 | She must see what was going on ; must find out who the men were and what it was they were carrying … |
| 21 | Since he had caught sight of the Summoner , he had not liked to watch the resettlers pouring through into Utah , knowing what it was they were really following . |
| 22 | Whatever it was they were really building up there . |
| 23 | The stench from it filled our cell , making us feel nauseous and apprehensive that we , too , might catch whatever it was they were suffering from . |
| 24 | Well now everybody had to be in a union in our factory , it was er it it it was they were closed shops all of them . |
| 25 | But then that would mean that you 'd have to have assessed people in whatever it was they were going on the training course before |
| 26 | Precisely which one it was they were also unable to ascertain , except that it was one of the eight basic spells that were intricately interwoven with the very fabric of time and space itself . |
| 27 | And she knew who it was they were discussing . |
| 28 | to come up with er , a solution for whatever it was they were they were going into . |
| 29 | forget where it was they were going |
| 30 | It was they were back and forward there by the thousands ! |