Example sentences of "[vb past] it be [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who designed it is confident they 've got it right . |
| 2 | Scouse was seated in his armchair reading a paperback — a Western — oblivious to the flies and mosquitoes , and as I approached it was obvious he was not bothered in any way about the smell . |
| 3 | If we really believed it was risky we would have a financial interest against timber-frame being built . |
| 4 | She looked at the clock and noticed it was twenty-past one — everyone was in now except Michael . |
| 5 | Far from not knowing what she was doing her staff discovered it was all they could do to keep up with her . |
| 6 | He adds : ‘ When we reminded ourselves what Pearl required it was clear there was only one solution . ’ |
| 7 | When your sister died it was all I had to hold on to . |
| 8 | The house was fill of her terrible tiredness , her terrible resentment ; and I knew it was all my fault . |
| 9 | I knew it was that one |
| 10 | SHe knew it was unlikely SHe could count on Alix 's discretion , but the need for medical backup had been worth the disclosures . |
| 11 | It was the first time she had ever begged him for anything , but she knew it was likely he could be persuaded with flattery . |
| 12 | I said to her as how seeing I 'm sixty one christmas I said I I ca n't , I thought it was stupid I said for erm for them to mess around like that . |
| 13 | Oh I thought it was nine he had . |
| 14 | I thought it was good me , I enjoyed it , I thought it was funny |
| 15 | and we had er , I mean we had a bright orange swivel chair and when that came out it was called the Orbit or something , something really weird and it had a big back on it and we thought it was great I mean , I think it 's awful now , some of the things we had , I 'll have to try and find some photographs cos I 've got a case full of photographs upstairs |
| 16 | So many people were interested in Sidacai 's fate that Alexei thought it was amazing they had not combined to petition Artai . |
| 17 | Mrs Llewellyn of Vernon Road , Southport , said : ‘ He thought it was all his fault . |
| 18 | You might want to describe some of these things : how your brother got into trouble whether you thought it was fair what you think of the school , generally what you think of the teachers how your brother refused to raise his arm how you intervened how you felt about speaking up how the incident ended what happened on the way home that night . |
| 19 | with his permission he thought it was funny he saw the funny side of it as well , but they had this big argument for five minutes cos he thought what he 'd done was right and he said Jesus , I 've been using this for three years for the training in the branch er it makes you wonder does n't it erm but if you 're gon na do practical applications you 've got ta give people relevant examples perhaps you start off basics with an example that is correct and then you start building on that do n't you then you start giving them the deviations and all this sort of stuff . |
| 20 | He said this , not because he thought it was likely she would tire herself , but because he was aware of a certain lack of sympathy in his own nature and tried , conscientiously , to redress it by saying the things other people said . |
| 21 | Neelam : Well first I thought it was twenty something but then I realised it was six ; two take away six ca n't do that … so … um … it went down to ten . |
| 22 | I thought it was twenty myself . |
| 23 | I can recollect the brief you gave to and we all agreed it is that everybody would be able to do |
| 24 | She wandered around it for a minute until she realized it was odd there were no sounds from him . |
| 25 | Oh yeah he never says anything at all , till this happening and he 'll say , he 'll say , you know about the nightmare I had it was that one , oh I know I mean , but it , it was so |
| 26 | Police said it 's possible he could have been responsible for two sex attacks in Berkshire … one in Maidenhead and one in Slough . |
| 27 | And I said it 's alright we 're still in |
| 28 | He said it 's alright I 'll do the |
| 29 | Oh yeah he heard him he said it 's alright I wake up with the birds myself anyway . |
| 30 | said all I 'm worried about is did I wash my hair too early for you so she said it 's alright I 've got a spray that I can sort of cos she likes it quite wet when she |