Example sentences of "[coord] it had be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it had been on his drive back from Bramshill a week later that he had turned on his radio and heard the news of Berowne 's resignation of his ministerial post . |
| 2 | ‘ When he came back he announced it was the King who had died in his sleep and it had been on the wireless . ’ |
| 3 | He had never been a party-goer and it had been against his better judgement that they agreed to join Ibn Fayoud 's party . |
| 4 | She turned away , leaving Peggy standing stiff and cold , although the sun was shining and it had been in the seventies all day . |
| 5 | It had taken them two weeks to break the complex code , but it had been worth it . |
| 6 | She had n't really thought he would agree to stay in the car , but it had been worth a try . |
| 7 | She 'd had to work like a Trojan to achieve it , but it had been worth every drop of blood , sweat and tears . |
| 8 | He had achieved his aim of recreating the days of his ancestors , at least in part , but it had been at a great cost . |
| 9 | For a while they had all pretended , but it had been like walking on broken glass . |
| 10 | Clarke had said the same thing and she had tried desperately to comply but it had been like trying to lay hold of darting butterflies . |