Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His brother was interned , his mother was told to move inland , away from the coast — where presumably it was thought she might signal to enemy U-boats , and Mauro himself , although a child , was not allowed to leave Easington without a permit . |
| 2 | Because the centre can boast its very own igloo — although admittedly it 's made out of bricks and not ice ! |
| 3 | And er the fire was underneath this you see in a little grate and you used to open the door and stoke it up and er more often than not it was fired by slack , which was a residue of the coal out of the coal house , you know when you broke your coal up with the lumps the the little sl bits of slack they were all put on one side for the copper fire . |
| 4 | Only occasionally was the river solid for most of its width — more often than not it was fringed by a thin strip of ice , our path . |
| 5 | The most common disguise is that of the jongleur or menestrel ( within the fabliau tales there is barely any discernible difference in status or respectability between these two although conventionally it is supposed that the former is lower than the latter ) : a disreputable itinerant entertainer living , creditably , off his wits and his talents , but only too vulnerable , and given to wasting what he gains on the temporary pleasures of drinking and gambling in the taverns ; a social outcast but at the same time one called upon by the members of normal society , as Jouglet is , both to instruct the ignorant young man and to play for the villagers . |
| 6 | In fact , how the rape survivor feels about her experience in the criminal justice process is more likely to be affected by what happens in the police station and then in the courtroom than how it is reported in the press . |
| 7 | Her sister thinks of this pain all day and night and says it is the worst part and I think it is , worse even than how it is to end . |
| 8 | But produce may be routed through an EC country other than where it was produced , and the export rebate claimed in the second country . |
| 9 | The huge leap forward had taken place in the eighties when he had used junk bonds to enlarge his empire at a fantastic pace — until suddenly it was realized in the States that Hauser controlled the largest private financial institution in the republic . |
| 10 | Stated in these simple terms , the anti-cruelty position 's most obvious weakness is that it assumes that we already know that trapping wild animals is justified , if only it is done ‘ as humanely as possible ’ . |
| 11 | The essential religious awareness , if only it is allowed to address us , will supply the needed evidence . |
| 12 | We must build and restore and this is possible even now , if only it were understood that the former dependence of museums on the resources of a criminal state was an abomination which there would be no shame in abandoning . |
| 13 | He became aware that his heartbeat was growing stronger — until soon it was pounding in his chest , each pulse bringing with it a stab of increasing pain . |
| 14 | I was going to speak in terms of numbers George it was just a wee thought that if there 's going to be three or four of them we want at least eight of us if not it 's gon na be a bit |
| 15 | It had settled in the nature reserve on the islet of Filfla , was spotted by some shooters in a boat and , as it soared back and forth between Filfla and Malta , was shot at until finally it was hit . |
| 16 | We could use them to illustrate your history if ever it is accepted for publication . ’ |
| 17 | Even in 1893 when the Manchester , Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway had opened its extension to London as the GCR , it was the wish of the Chairman , Sir Edward Watkin , that this should be the first stage of a connection to the Channel Tunnel if ever it was built . |
| 18 | As St Johnstone won by two goals their fans chanted ‘ Who 's the tea-leaf in the goals ’ , proof if ever it was needed that some football fans are sadists in scarves . |
| 19 | The explosive power of volcanos is proof if ever it was needed , of man 's lack of control over the environment . |
| 20 | If experimentally it is shown that there is no difference in the number of plural continuations which occur with two names and with two roles , then we would conclude that common description type ( rather than description content ) is a major force in controlling the likelihood of plural reference . |
| 21 | To miss it out would make the treatment itself take far longer , if indeed it is to succeed at all . |
| 22 | A ‘ god ’ which mankind can worship is in no way identical to that power which created the universe , if indeed it were created at all within humanity 's understanding of that word . |
| 23 | What a beneficial change it would be if instead it was acknowledged that these issues present tragic choices between compelling arguments which are held on both sides in good faith . |
| 24 | If however it is felt that some of our members are n't being catered for at the present time please let the group organisers know so that , if possible , adjustments may be made . |
| 25 | Moreover I have given order that they who collect my dues take from you no more than the tenth , because so it is appointed by the custom of the Moors , and it is what ye have been wont to pay . |
| 26 | because already it 's going on , you can see that . |
| 27 | I found this section , number three , of particular interest because surely it 's dealing with the very kernel of our relationship to what we call in language that ought to be so real and preserved from romanticism , the body of Christ membership limbhood branchship , whatever you want to call it , if whether you take your figure from John fifteen or from the Apostle . |
| 28 | I think perhaps that can be thrown out because otherwise it 's going to scratch that that nice tin . |
| 29 | So you might find that if you do a thing on the H P you may find that what is being what 's happening is that it it it 's creating the wrong size addressings in the look up table because either it 's using you know , er signed and it 's su assuming unsigned byte or something . |
| 30 | And I think that is the basic thing that every child needs to know , because essentially it is going to be the process of finding out when they leave school , and I think it is also a method of working which is becoming increasingly effective and popular across subjects . |