Example sentences of "it be [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it been only Ben he had seen , or had he been able to look out , however briefly , on the world of the future ; her world ? |
| 2 | Will it be up hills . |
| 3 | Supposing it were simply words which now meant little , something vague perhaps . |
| 4 | but , I , I forget who it were , it were either Lyn |
| 5 | Well , I heard you say it were either Monday or Tuesday . |
| 6 | stew you know like it is a beef ah , but it were n't mince meat , but it were n't stew . |
| 7 | No it were n't Ben . |
| 8 | It were n't , it were n't pay as you earn then . |
| 9 | No it were n't ma , it were , it were it did its job , that was keep your heating up , cos you could blow it up and it |
| 10 | stew you know like it is a beef ah , but it were n't mince meat , but it were n't stew . |
| 11 | No Sat you used to work Fridays and I used to go out , no it were n't Saturday night |
| 12 | And it were n't Brian that sent it . |
| 13 | But if only I had been right , if only it were just Kinnock , or for that matter a couple of remediable policies or the voting system , that were the problem . |
| 14 | Surprise at the gentle way he lifted her breast as though it were not part of her . |
| 15 | " If only it were not Bigwig , " said Blackberry . |
| 16 | In Tuberville v Savage , the accused laid his hand on his sword and said : " If it were not assize time , I would not take such language . " |
| 17 | The air that stirred round their trunks seemed green , thick , rippling — as if it were not air but drifting water . |
| 18 | It 's good no I tell you why I thought they were crap cos you gave me an album and it had the had Dancing in the Moonlight and that was good but all the other songs on it were really shit . |
| 19 | Er I 'd want to be seen if it were only back of , back of |
| 20 | It were only quarter past one and I finished at and I felt really |
| 21 | Mind you , I do n't I , I think it were yesterday morning I oh no it were Monday morning . |
| 22 | I do recall Jimmy Hill spouting on about it being all seater and anti-hooligan . |
| 23 | But , it 's rather dad that it will neither visit London nor the big towns . |
| 24 | I think it 's rather dandy he 's finished off , he 's put this white erm stuff you know what they squeeze from now . |
| 25 | It 's already part of the family . |
| 26 | ‘ We have , I would guess , about two pages of narrative so far , and it 's already Tuesday . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's already dawn . |
| 28 | I 've barely had time to wipe the blood off my axe after my last battle and it 's already time to hack my way through the next trail ! |
| 29 | But it 's strictly smalltime . |
| 30 | In Jamaica , it 's strictly ragga , and the occasional old tune , pumped through new silicon chips and piezo horns , sounds like ragga . |