Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] been [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have consulted the most celebrated authors on comparative anatomy , but do not find any such structures of those parts described ; and as it is not known to you , I may presume that it has not been before taken notice of . |
| 2 | It has n't been for three years . " |
| 3 | It has n't been in the , I cover , but I have some information you gave me , it has n't been in that at all , mm . |
| 4 | Primarily a religious holiday , it has also been for hundreds of years a secular holiday , often with a travelling showmen 's fair visiting the village at the time . |
| 5 | Er we trust if the post is doubled in the way it has frequently been in recent years and indeed was in my case , the Chancellor of the Duchy in brackets also as the Chairman of the Conservative Party to maintain the dignitary of the magistracy to make sure that there is a firm balance amongst magistrates who are appointed . |
| 6 | In socialist France , it is now higher than it has ever been in that country 's history . |
| 7 | In socialist France , unemployment is now higher than it has ever been in that country 's history . |
| 8 | First , safety expenditure under the Government and British Rail is higher than it has ever been in British Rail 's history — it has gone up from £140 million to £200 million . |
| 9 | I have explained to the hon. Gentleman why the funding for the Housing Executive is not as easy this year as it has perhaps been in former years . |
| 10 | Who owns which bit of land and what they decide to do with it has always been of critical importance , and our landscape is the result of countless human decisions taken by individuals in the past . |
| 11 | It has always been like that . |
| 12 | If he looks at the statistics , he will see that it has always been like that . |
| 13 | Hardwick 's involvement might have ended there , if it had not been for one of the tradesmen , who addressed a petition to the Company nine months later : his original estimate of £2,514 18 1¼d had left him bearing a loss of £266 6 3¾d . |
| 14 | ‘ owing to the presence of which ’ This point is normally covered in any witness statement that might be available , viz. ‘ I saw four vehicles were involved etc. ’ or ‘ if it had not been for that vehicle the accident would not have happened ’ . |
| 15 | There was a lesson at school I should have loved if it had not been for poor Lucy . |
| 16 | ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’ |
| 17 | And equally clearly , concealed in the base of the box , it had not been for public view . |
| 18 | It had not been at all like that . |
| 19 | She would n't have sought her independence at all if it had n't been at such . |
| 20 | It was in Schiaparelli that she met Tricarico , who brought her aboard the Resplendent Trogon , which led her into the presence of Balthazar Plum — and if it had n't been for all that , she would never have acquired the Alice in the first place . |
| 21 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 22 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’ |
| 24 | If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’ |
| 25 | Deep inside , I thought that George loved Lennie and vice versa because if it had n't been for this love , they would n't have been able to survive happily together . |
| 26 | It was easy now to write to Vincent about his father 's visit in a flippant , amusing way , but it had n't been like that at all . |
| 27 | But it had n't been like that . |
| 28 | It had n't been like that , she wanted to howl . |
| 29 | It had n't been like any other seance I had ever seen … |
| 30 | What if it had originally been on one of the other cakes ? |