Example sentences of "[vb past] it [be] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once I have the thing and make it available , and say here is the gift that I promised it 's yours , it 's available , then , all you have to do is come and take it . |
| 2 | Is he aware that the right hon. Gentleman who so described it was none other than the Leader of the Opposition ? |
| 3 | Though he never idealised it or pretended it was anything but ‘ the rude rags of nature ’ , he saw things in it to which Crabbe was completely blind or hostile , and he felt their loss when change and ‘ improvement ’ came : |
| 4 | On the amendment side I am reluctant it does infringe on a local democracy but I agree with the Liberal Democrats , it 's a way forward and it 's a responsibility of all of us I I agree with Roger when he mentioned that Professor mentioned that this is the Labour party like usually always mentioned it is your budget when the budget is approved it is the whole county council budget every member should be responsible for it . |
| 5 | PC TONY Spong arrested a man at a burgled petrol station — and found it was his brother . |
| 6 | Oh course I can Erm there was a game that we called er Tin Lurky You probably wo n't well you never hear that expression now and er we used to get this old t any tin can and er you somebody would kick it you see and er the one that was sort of one used to have to fur and fetch this tin an bring it back again and then was should all hide , sounds a daft silly game , I know , but this one had to find us and the first one he found it was his turn next to fetch the tin and then find us again . |
| 7 | To make matters even more wretched than they already were , Celia cried both day and night and because of Liza 's deepening depression Harriet found it was she who was forced to bear the brunt of this , so much so that after a while she simply swept up baby and cot and took them into her own bedroom . |
| 8 | Twice , with a thump , she spotted him , in the set of a man 's shoulders , the tilt of a head , a patch of uniform , then found it was someone else . |
| 9 | To my annoyance , I found it was my turn to flush . |
| 10 | On reflection she believed it was something to do with the way she looked — her casual dress . |
| 11 | James Lippett , Bumstead 's immediate superior : ‘ Another of the casualties of reorganisation ’ ; saw bad practices in the relay room , but took no action — ‘ believed it was their way of doing things ’ . |
| 12 | When Mrs Abigail answered the door he handed her the box , saying he believed it was her property . |
| 13 | But she did n't respond — at least she did n't do that ! — or only a little bit , only the very smallest bit , because it was so very sweet , so very exciting , so very much what she had always hoped a kiss might be , and if he believed it was what she wanted , why not let him think so ? |
| 14 | He believed it was his duty to speak out . |
| 15 | He still believed it was his God given right to govern . |
| 16 | It was Allen he asked as though he believed it was he who had been responsible for the verderer 's disappearance . |
| 17 | Until Silas came it was nothing more than a wilderness . ’ |
| 18 | I assumed it was something to do with domestic machinery . ’ |
| 19 | I assumed it was someone in the police or customs . ’ |
| 20 | Then she smiled , stroking Melanie 's face again , so tenderly that Melanie closed her eyes and imagined it was her own mother caressing her or any mother caressing any child . |
| 21 | As Olivier 's health deteriorated it was his wish to become the perfect family man , to have his family around him . |
| 22 | Of the Information and Technology Department by British Aerospace , and that thanks is not used from Apex , it 's also from M S S at or acknowledged it was your efforts and not their that brought that conference about . |
| 23 | Brown claimed it was himself and not Nicholas who was guilty of the assault adding somewhat implausibly that Charlie was ‘ pure as the driven snow ’ . |
| 24 | He always claimed it was me , ’ |
| 25 | He was fined £50 for breaching a local by-law but yesterday claimed it was everybody 's right to search for bait in a ruling dating back to the Magna Carta in 1215 . |
| 26 | and of course the insurance people would not pay out on either , wiped their hands of it because they reckoned it was nothing |
| 27 | … after giving their chance , reckoned it was his turn ! |
| 28 | I guessed it was you immediately . ’ |
| 29 | Playing the spy was not something that came naturally to her , but in this particular instance she sensed it was her duty . |
| 30 | Intending not to forget her car again , however , Fabia dipped her spoon into her pudding , sampled it , and discovered it was something of a rather superb plum pie , if different from what she knew . |