Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was oh , so brave it was hurting . |
| 2 | Mrs Brundtland , Norway 's Prime Minister , complained about it to Mrs Thatcher and New Scientist reported that even the CEGB 's own scientists ‘ discreetly let it be known that they were annoyed by the final version of the video . ’ |
| 3 | I just hope it 's resolved before the show — if Dana does n't surface we shall be short of our top model . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I just know it 's going to knock these Parisians dead ! ’ |
| 5 | I think we could all do what Andrew 's suggesting quite easily er I could do it for Geography , erm , I just think it 's making a lot of extra work . |
| 6 | I just think it 's going to be kept down to a Christmas card . |
| 7 | ‘ I always imagine it 's going to be a tax-inspector ! ’ |
| 8 | He further let it be known — in the most careless way imaginable , like a good gun bringing down a bird without breaking a conversational flow — that he was a bachelor , a man of wealth , a friend of the Prime Minister and , in an amiable manner , on the lookout for a secure investment in matrimony . |
| 9 | Hafez al-Assad , the President of Syria and the long-term adversary of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein , quickly let it be known that he would not attend a summit in Baghdad , and the ensuing efforts of some Arab leaders to persuade Assad to attend were of little use . |
| 10 | Since formal application for the erection of suitable fencing would only result in further delay it was decided to proceed on our own . |
| 11 | Since formal application for the erection of suitable fencing would only result in further delay it was decided to proceed on our own . |
| 12 | ‘ The hardest thing for me is knowing I had so many good years , so many great moments , because it means you always think it is going to be like that . |
| 13 | They were less reassured when he also let it be known that Annagannihy was not being considered only as an ‘ asbestos-related dump , but that other forms of dumping might take place ’ . |
| 14 | You probably think it 's going to be a bit of a skive this afternoon , but it certainly is n't . |
| 15 | and through past experience it is changing . |
| 16 | In Washington , the administration has now let it be known that it will work for the softening of the amendment 's consequences , provided — and forgetting Kosovo for the moment — that Stipe Mesic , a Croat , is no longer obstructed by the Serbs from taking up the post of chairman ( for one year ) of Yugoslavia 's eight-member presidency . |
| 17 | It was not until the end of the 18th century that the first bottle of claret as we now know it was put down for ageing at the famous Chateau Lafite in 1797 . |
| 18 | Well I must say Mr Mayor I was gratefully assured by the answer that councillor gave earlier on about the er strenuous efforts the council is making to improve the security at the Kingsway cash point as I now gather it 's called . |
| 19 | I really think it 's getting dangerous . ’ |
| 20 | If A Song to David , in which he attempted a new and regular form of the ode , was written on an upswing of creativity at the beginning of a psychotic episode , and the psalms translation made during convalescence afterwards , Jubilate Agno is particularly important because its internal dates strongly suggest it was composed during his confinement , and from day to day of his illness , during the period 27 July to 30 January 1763 , just before his release . |
| 21 | I understand it , is that erm , even given that this case is arguable , erm alright let it be argued out , but if , if er , before it is argued out you 're not entitled to collect money from a simple fund , you are frustrating the objectives of the directive |
| 22 | It must have been about the turn of the century the er Times newspaper ran a competition and it wa , the competition was a very simple one , difficult to answer but it was very simply put it was asking for people to write in letters and essays , and features and articles on , what was wrong with the world . |
| 23 | As I said the er , the trolley buses were being phased out and the buses , the motor buses were being used more than ever and I do n't know the date of the last trolley bus running but I well remember it being reported time , it was the erm , bus was packed on its last journey from Electric House and people were photographing it . |
| 24 | Some of them even think it 's haunted . ’ |
| 25 | Little wonder it is acclaimed in song and story and longed for by the expatriate Scot ! |
| 26 | Some of the Americans who stayed behind questioned the motive behind the whole affair ; having publicly urged their own citizens to leave , the British Embassy then let it be known that ii privately viewed the evacuation as part of Ford 's election campaign . |
| 27 | I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned . |
| 28 | America looks to be an exciting prospect now that Alligator Records have released my album over there , so after 20 years hard slog it 's coming together at long last … ’ |
| 29 | Now , I rather wish it was talking about lay presidency and I would go along with Nannette on the question of a lay person presiding in communion . |
| 30 | Yet let it be detected , let it ! |