Example sentences of "it be [art] [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She repeated the word softly , testing the sound of it on her lips , as if it were a word she had never heard before . |
| 2 | Brutal it were the way he knocked the other feller about . ’ |
| 3 | I were thinking , oh it were the day you came up with them and then you went off to , er |
| 4 | Well it , it were the variety you got at . |
| 5 | In fact , facing page 119 , there it was , with Westerby duly posing in front as though it were an animal he had just hunted to its death . |
| 6 | It 's a wonder they did n't get er suffocated some of the kids then in them days . |
| 7 | they used to pour it out of a can you know , it 's a wonder we did n't all die of tuberculosis but we did n't . |
| 8 | Pretty deep there ; it 's a wonder it did n't slice the top of his head off . |
| 9 | It 's a wonder I did n't kill Benjamin but , when I opened my eyes , two of the rogues were dead of huge gashes between shoulder and neck whilst Benjamin was on the point of driving his sword straight through the breast of a third . |
| 10 | It 's a wonder I survived . ’ |
| 11 | It 's a wonder you did n't blow the whole place up . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a wonder you did n't wear lipstick to Gran 's funeral . ’ |
| 13 | you 'd just gone , it 's a wonder you did n't see her coming round the bloody corner . |
| 14 | It 's a wonder you did n't wake the baby up with the noise you 're flipping making . |
| 15 | It 's a wonder you did n't . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a wonder he did n't go mad . |
| 17 | Though it 's a wonder she did not spot the writing on the wall . |
| 18 | It 's a concept I adapted from the American presidential campaigns . |
| 19 | Rachel fidgets round the room like it 's a hotel we got to leave by ten . |
| 20 | It 's a day she thought she 'd never live to see . |
| 21 | It 's a pity we did n't go yesterday |
| 22 | I SYMPATHISE with Kevin Eason after his car accident but it 's a pity he did n't mention the fire brigade whose members help save thousands of lives on our roads . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's a pity he did n't get a surprise and find himself dead . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , it 's a pity you said it now . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's a pity you bothered to come home at all , darling , ’ said Mrs. Mounce . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a pity you did n't run into her , Freddy , on your way to the Gents — I presume you were on your way to the Gents . |
| 27 | To my mind it 's a pity you did n't take that attitude when you were first made aware of the situation , because when I returned from next door you were still yelling your head off at her and painting a vivid picture of what her life would be with an illegitimate child tacked on to her . |
| 28 | Constance said , ‘ It 's a pity you did n't really know Nora . |
| 29 | Well it 's a pity you did n't think of your daughter when you were whoring your way around the world , is n't it ? |
| 30 | She went on : " It 's a pity you did n't wait a little longer , but there you are . |