Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb past] [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 | But it had been close and the children had never taken liberties with the river again . |
| 14 | It was a very dowdy dress , and old , and it smelled of mothballs and , faintly , of years of perspiration soaked into the fabric , but it had been well and carefully preserved . |
| 15 | Losing his job with the band had not really been to do with his mother being ill , but it had been easy to suggest the idea to Barnett . |
| 16 | She 'd only met him a few times , but it had been easy for Julie to see that Ross Wyndham was even more Leo-like than his wife . |
| 17 | He had been scared then but it had been short-lived : terror lasting a matter of a few seconds , a minute at most . |
| 18 | But it had been simmering for a couple of years before that . |
| 19 | But it had been inconceivable that it would really come to such a point . |
| 20 | It was unthinkable that John could be dead , but it had been unthinkable that he would be held for this long and it had happened . |
| 21 | It made a good reason for those excluded to dislike Miss Morgan , but it had been true any time these past two years . |
| 22 | He had changed his name , of course , but it had been obvious to Fedorov that he was the same man he had disposed of in the Stadtpark three weeks before . |
| 23 | Erm I just wonder whether it might not have been better to move round a little bit to the left so we could have seen the lady 's hand and sa as well er er and as well as her face , you know , we 've got ta get we can see what she 's doing , know what she 's doing but it 'd been nice if you could have included her hands . |