Example sentences of "and [vb past] it be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll try to spare you that , but I guess it 's about time I came clean and admitted it 's by no means a one-man show . |
| 2 | I looked at my watch and found it was after eleven o'clock , which meant nothing really . |
| 3 | They 're gunned up and fired up and told it 's for real . |
| 4 | ‘ He was charming , ’ she lied , and felt it was worth it to see him look relieved . |
| 5 | Barrow , the former Liphook all-rounder , wants to continue playing Minor Counties cricket for Berkshire and felt it was in his interests to join a division one side . |
| 6 | Undry was in her mind , shedding troubled surges of light through deep darkness ; what am I going to do ? she wondered , and knew it was beyond her to decide anything . |
| 7 | Granpa thought it could well have been a Saturday , felt it most likely the month had been January , was confident the year was 1900 , and knew it was in the reign of Queen Victoria . |
| 8 | She took the call and said it was for me . |
| 9 | I worked in the factory and said it was for fun ; but it was n't — I did it because I needed to . ’ |
| 10 | The judge refused to grant an injunction , and said it was for the valuer to decide whether to proceed or not , and that the president of the RICS owed no duty to the parties not to make an appointment . |
| 11 | He laughed and said it was beyond his remit and that it would be a long time before public health became a genuine national concept . |