Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [conj] it [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke admitted that if it had been his decision in 1953 he would have reprieved 19-year-old Bentley from the gallows . |
| 2 | No material was found , and the Home Office insisted that if it had been it would not have been made public . |
| 3 | There was no effect on my mind at all , but my body felt as though it had been in the sun too long . |
| 4 | That implied being carefree , and she felt as though it had been decades since she had felt that way , and it had nothing whatsoever to do with Jonathan . |
| 5 | And the hair that looked as though it had been dramatically carved out of something shiny rather than been grown in the normal way . |
| 6 | But in this warm and pleasant climate she was dressed in a long black dress which looked as though it had been made at the time of Heathcliff . |
| 7 | His eyes were like black pools of water , his hair a hoary white , prickly and short , with a parting down the middle which looked as though it had been cut by a Stanley knife . |
| 8 | I gave myself a brisk tub down with a towel — when I saw it in daylight it looked as though it had been run over by a lorry on a muddy building site — and changed every stitch of clothing . |
| 9 | Anna and her mother lived in a little detached house which looked as though it had been sliced off from some larger building . |
| 10 | It looked as though it had been woven like the baskets which were used to collect tea from the old plantations . |
| 11 | We said god look at this , you know it looked as though it had been painted |
| 12 | Credit Suisse said that although it had been decided that none of the managers could represent the bondholders , it would be advising them and providing them with information . |
| 13 | But Mortimer said that if it had been him he would have hit the roof . ’ |
| 14 | Their Lordships said that if it had been saleable only at a ‘ throw away ’ price , that would indicate that it was not of merchantable quality . |