Example sentences of "have [be] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 31 | Perhaps we would n't but perhaps they would n't have been if it 's the right word for them , a bit sloppy . |
| 32 | Dr Neil made vain attempts to stifle the bleeding , his own face now as grey as the bedlinen had been before it turned red . |
| 33 | Up to this point the only political significance of racism had been that it provided a divided work force for employers . |
| 34 | The Irish Times quoted Craig as claiming that a reason for banning the march had been that it posed a threat to the United States military base in Derry : |
| 35 | While the Germans presented their situation as a disaster , they overlooked the fact that one of Danzig s major and continual problems had been that it could not grow or thrive purely on the traffic of its immediate Prussian hinterland . |
| 36 | In April , I did point out that if English Heritage ( the body responsible for the preservation of England 's built heritage ) were transferred to the new Department of National Heritage ( which is now the case ) , very careful consideration would need to be given to how planning is coped with , because one of the strengths of English Heritage had been that it was placed within the Department of the Environment where government planning takes place . |
| 37 | His major criticism of Murder in the Cathedral had been that it contained too much obvious " poetry " , and in the new play he wanted to create a more flexible and less ostensible verse line which could handle demotic or rarefied material equally well . |
| 38 | When war was first declared , and she was co-opted into the military , he imagined that her first reaction had been that it was typical of these men to mess up her promising career like that . |
| 39 | To his surprise , the strongest argument in favour of taking the job had been that it would keep him near to Frances . |
| 40 | Since the NPT 's adoption in 1968 , the French government 's position had been that it would abide by the terms of the treaty but would not sign it because it granted the two superpowers a privileged position in international relations . |
| 41 | She had not realised how heavy the " burden had been till it was lifted . |
| 42 | Increasingly referred to by its citizens as ‘ the Zone ’ , as it had been when it was merely the Soviet occupation zone , it has achieved no genuine separate identity or legitimacy . |
| 43 | At the same time not only was there another G number but it was the same make of car as the last five G numbers had been and it was the same colour as three out of the last ten cars that had passed the other way . |
| 44 | like it , now but it 's alright where you 've been but it belongs to someone else does n't it ? |
| 45 | I 've been after it for years . ’ |
| 46 | about people to think to them after they 've been because it 's so stressful . |
| 47 | Another criticism that I had was that it was far , far too elaborate and expensive programme , I thought it was a very cheap one . |
| 48 | erm I found it self-indulgent , I suppose in the sense that perhaps it was too long and the film maker , I think , was reluctant to erm chop some of that material , but I think the great advantage that the film had was that it reached a very wide audience by being shown on BBC South . |
| 49 | The real objection to the use of the statement may in any event have been that it was self-serving rather than that it was protected by privilege , which could have been waived by the defendant . |
| 50 | and it 's been and it 's been beaten to hell . |
| 51 | The one consolation that the adventurers have is that it stops raining , and the sun breaks through the clouds — although its light is watery and without warmth . |
| 52 | In fact , the next paper I sent him was called , if I remember rightly , ‘ The Poet — the Public — the Faith ’ , and I had dispatched it to a review called The Green Quarterly , the only recollection of which I have is that it was quarterly and that it was green . |
| 53 | Erm , amendment that need to be made to this words housing waiting list , we in fact no longer have a standard housing waiting list but have a housing needs register erm that says a great deal about the system that we have is that it 's judged on people 's housing need and not on their income . |