Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] and it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in 1984 , when Kylie was still only 16 , that her next big break came and it was again Alan Hardy , the man who had cast her in The Sullivans three years before , who was involved . |
| 2 | There was nearly a mile of dense woodland at this point before the swampy ground began and it was over an hour before Crane returned saying that no-one had passed on that side . |
| 3 | Were you there when you , ee , you talking about that , there were two mistakes on that one er er doorbell went and it was n't telephone , it should have been the telephone ! |
| 4 | It was the house where the poor woodcutter lived with Hansel and Gretel and where Red Riding Hood 's grandmother lived and it was also the house of The Seven Dwarfs and The Three Bears and all the rest of them . |
| 5 | One time the giro came and it was only £2 , so when he went out to phone the social security I just shoved the baby in the pram and walked out to phone social services . |
| 6 | ‘ My aunt in America sent us a photo of herself in a black dress after Grandad died and it was very plain . |
| 7 | After a moment , her mother spoke and it was quite clear that each word was an effort . |