Example sentences of "[coord] it [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only this time the fire that burned in the grate close by showed her the face of her dream-lover , and it had been Gentle 's face . |
| 2 | Because she 'd seen the bottle , and it had been good French burgundy … |
| 3 | Sally-Anne loved a dare , and Terry Rourke 's appeal had been frank and animal — he had excited her , and it had been simple for her to lie to her mother , to set out to go to a girlfriend 's home on the following afternoon and meet Terry instead . |
| 4 | It was the first silk garment she had owned , and it had been expensive , but Faye 's silk clothes always looked and felt so wonderful … |
| 5 | Construction work on the reactor , intended to generate electricity both for domestic use and for sale to Belgium and the Netherlands , had commenced in 1972 , and it had been due to start operating in 1979 . |
| 6 | Construction work on the reactor , which had been intended to generate electricity both for domestic use and for sale to Belgium and the Netherlands , had commenced in 1972 , and it had been due to start operating in 1979 . |
| 7 | And it had been easy to ignore them , not to listen , to walk away , when he believed them to be just dirt . |
| 8 | There was more wrong with Sheridan than ill-temper , and it had been obvious to his father for a long time . |
| 9 | … and it had been disconcerting . |
| 10 | But we were moving in different directions and it had been clear for some while that we stayed together out of habit . |
| 11 | It was n't really their Auntie 's pub , but she worked there and it had been convenient to make all the arrangements on a friendly family footing . |
| 12 | At school we were weighed regularly — at the beginning , middle and end of each term — and it had been customary for me to record my weight in my diary on all these occasions . |
| 13 | Research and development costs £20,000 : these are sunk costs and it follows are irrelevant to the decision . |
| 14 | Well , I mean , it 's a sticky wicket for them anyway politically and I suspect as with a lot of legislation quite recently they simply have n't spent the time in committee and in consultation to iron out the details and they 've come unstuck when it 's come into the public domain and it 's been easy for people to throw up the paradoxes that are coming up from the legislation , the moral paradoxes . |
| 15 | ‘ We were so looking forward to this trip and it 's been awful , ’ Rose whispered , sadly shaking her head . |
| 16 | ‘ Obviously I 'm hopeful of getting to Sweden and it 's been great to be involved with the England squad . ’ |
| 17 | and it 's been good fun , they do want to come back |
| 18 | erm I 'm very sad to be leaving Oxford , I 've very much enjoyed working here , and it 's been good to work for a council with such a high commitment to H I V , and to fighting Aids , and erm I very much the support I 've had from the committee and I hope it will continue erm in this way . |
| 19 | My husband Kerry bought me the Boots one for £30 , and it 's been fabulous . |
| 20 | And it 's been marvellous to keep going . |
| 21 | ‘ We have been working on this project for 14 months , and it 's been difficult to persuade people that we have no political objectives . |
| 22 | I took two and on Tuesday and it 's been fine since so God knows what 's gone wrong . |
| 23 | Yeah , but , you 're mad getting worried to much , you know we had our green house all smashed up and everything and it 's been upsetting , |
| 24 | They 'd , they had to because there were , they got , when , after the union was formed you know , they were having the rights er but and I think really the hours they put in and the type of work they deserved it , but erm there was a time you know when the bosses were bossy sort of thing , and er and you adhered to that , because you did n't know anything different until erm the unions started up , but erm I know there were one or two processions you know and peer rights and all this that and the other , but erm on the whole it 's er it 's been an eventful life in , in some ways , very eventful and it 's been interesting . |
| 25 | said once I said and I , when she 's been going and it 's been cold out there I said to her cos she always comes on a Tuesday dinner time |
| 26 | ‘ Listen , I hate to break this up and it 's been wonderful to see you , but I have to get back to the hotel . ’ |
| 27 | Afterwards Coun Shore , who still has family in Darlington , said : ‘ I always fancied coming back and it 's been lovely . |
| 28 | and it look 's good , you know the . |
| 29 | ‘ There had been a good relationship on the whole between the management and myself and it has been supportive on both sides . ’ |
| 30 | As can be appreciated the use of these Falcons is stretched to the maximum , and it has been necessary to wet lease fifteen to eighteen aircraft ( DC-3s , Learjets and Beech 18s ) in order to fulfil commitments . |