Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] be [noun] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I forgot it 's bin day I 'll have to hurry back from school . |
| 2 | When she saw it was Nick Frazer something very curious happened . |
| 3 | It was Fletch , and when Chevy Chase spoke it was Julie Andrews who came out of his mouth . |
| 4 | The old man said they were love songs he had written when young , but they seemed to be by Robert Burns as far as Nigel could remember . |
| 5 | Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport . |
| 6 | Had it been Alex Household who had been shot , the situation would have been different , because she so patently disapproved of him , but with Michael Banks as the victim , it was difficult to cast her in the role of murderer . |
| 7 | The one time Mayor of Arden , father of the bruised Grace ( ‘ Had it been Paddy Ashdown I would n't have minded one little bit ’ ) , had checked in at the desk and was about to carry his overnight bag up to his room when he noticed her through the glass door of an adjoining room . |
| 8 | As he said it was Christmas rush I think , you know ? |