Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er we , one of the few times my dad came to Foundry Lane he I got a book , I think it were called Tiger Tim and , on the back they gave a model that you cut out with scissors and pu |
| 2 | If it were given planning permission the store would create 200 jobs . |
| 3 | New information is forced to the front as though it were given information , suggesting that a famous writer can always be assumed to be energetic and successful at school . |
| 4 | Do you ever find out why ‘ smart ’ people pronounce the author 's surname as if it were spelt Pole ? |
| 5 | If that 's a natural as it were adapted effect of the Trivers Willard effect , there are plenty of cultural ones as well . |
| 6 | With the Jacob/Esau narratives we begin to see it being lost sight of , though the descriptions of Jacob 's cruelty and deceitfulness , and the contrast made with Esau 's generosity , make us think the compiler was protesting against the direction in which his material was leading him . |
| 7 | Christina had just received the last consignment of furniture , arriving in the nick of time to prevent it being dumped higgledy-piggledy in the reception hall . |
| 8 | For the last four years the widow had been forbidden to leave her husband 's side , and her legs had so deteriorated that ( it being considered lèse-majesté ; to crawl ) she had herself carried about her diminutive space by her " slaves " , the " lesser widows " . |
| 9 | As I said the er , the trolley buses were being phased out and the buses , the motor buses were being used more than ever and I do n't know the date of the last trolley bus running but I well remember it being reported time , it was the erm , bus was packed on its last journey from Electric House and people were photographing it . |
| 10 | It 's calculated risk , but it can be done . ’ |
| 11 | Frenetic close-season transfer activity is new to most rugby countries , but in South Africa it 's become part of the furniture … |
| 12 | He says it 's become part of Cheltenham 's heritage . |
| 13 | Thousands of us have been laid low already with a flu virus which has surprised the experts by the speed with which it 's hit Scotland . |
| 14 | ‘ But I always watch chimps alone and it 's spoilt Gombe for me . ’ |
| 15 | I think it 's made life a lot richer for us . |
| 16 | ‘ I know it 's wrong , Joe , when it 's been a tragedy for so many people , but it 's made life easier for us . |
| 17 | More accurately , it 's made things worse , for it was pretty seriously upset anyway . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's made contact with something down there . ’ |
| 19 | My belief is that Mana wanted to marry Tiare — maybe for the inheritance — and it 's made Aleena very unhappy . |
| 20 | It 's understood Mr Culley was devoted to animals and kept them everywhere he could find space . |
| 21 | It 's understood Mr Bryan had been thinking of returning to Painswick this weekend to escape the hoarde of newsmen beseigning him in London … |
| 22 | It 's believed Professor Brown was working inside the crater when there was an explosion . |
| 23 | It 's believed Robinson was searched before he left prison . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's dated July 15th — just over a year ago — and he writes : ‘ Today father told me something about himself which I can scarcely believe . |
| 25 | It 's hoped parents will encourage their children to eat school meals and there 's a TV advertising campaign to back them up . |
| 26 | Now it 's hoped laser technology will protect customers and keep the fraudsters at bay . |
| 27 | But the new nursery is not just for staff … it 's hoped passengers will also make use of the facilities . |
| 28 | In some cases it 's hoped patients will be in and out of hospital within a day . |
| 29 | I see there 's something of Arthur Seaton in him , only in him it 's turned upside down . |
| 30 | It 's seen service as a transporter in every action the airforce has been involved in since 1967 . |