Example sentences of "[prep] it [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thought of it had been impossible for so long that it took some getting used to . |
| 2 | Since she was sixteen she had experienced life , and none of it had been good , except that she had given birth to a daughter and also that she had found out what love was , but had experienced the painful futility of it . |
| 3 | There had been a lot of talk among the customers about Harry Pascoe 's venture to the Americas , and not all of it had been complimentary . |
| 4 | Government officials also confirmed that there had been some forewarning of the rebel attack but that the magnitude of it had been unexpected . |
| 5 | The controlled force of her emotion when speaking of it had been frightening . |
| 6 | Their preferred description of it has been overinclusive thinking which has frequently been used to explain certain forms of thought disorder seen in psychotic patients , such as the tendency to cognitive ‘ slippage ’ , loosely associated ideation , and difficulty in maintaining a tight boundary for abstract concepts . |
| 7 | The odds against it happening are astronomical , but if it does , then so are the winnings . |
| 8 | Dr Barnardo 's was another charity she took on at about the same time ; this charity has left its old orphanage image behind , and the Princess feels her connections with it have been fruitful . |
| 9 | ‘ But we believe we will get this 90 percent right the thought that has gone into it has been enormous . ’ |
| 10 | All along it has been concerned with schedules and deadlines . |
| 11 | Inside it had been different . |
| 12 | With this scene of confusion before his eyes it seems unlikely that he would have contemplated using any wheeled transport , even supposing that it had been available for his use at the time . |
| 13 | And I never r expected it to be anything like the end result , I mean the reaction to it 's been fantastic in the last two years . |
| 14 | As the heating was off it had been cold , but he had comforted himself with the thought that it was not as cold as it was outside where many of the animals were . |