Example sentences of "of [pron] [subord] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She rapped on his door , swung it open and stood in the doorway , not trusting either of them if it was shut . |
| 2 | Simple things like the rain on the window pane , the cat mewing to come in or the noise of a bus which could be on top of you before it is seen . |
| 3 | Scepticism is the familiar name given to the appropriateness of doubting the reliability of something until it is proved beyond shadow of doubt . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'll have to get a photo of it when it 's finished , ’ Ian Jones said as he finished the meal of fish , salad and chips that Belinda had prepared as soon as she arrived . |
| 5 | Marion decided finally that she 'd start with " Dearest Pete " and work up gradually to " Pete , my darling " because that seemed to her to be the most loving , the most tender , the most romantic : the one with the sound of real love echoing round the saying of it when it was spoken . |
| 6 | Admittedly , one has to stoop down to smell a low shrub , but that is not such a problem for most of us as it is to struggle through to the middle of a bed . |