Example sentences of "be [conj] it [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The two drawbacks were that it initially took a long time to get into , and it was hot — the first problem was solved , the second not . |
| 2 | What seems to me more significant is that it both foreshadowed and paralleled the Hercynian , Tethyan and Mediterranean lines that were to come . |
| 3 | Cairns-Smith 's view of the DNA/protein machinery is that it probably came into existence relatively recently , perhaps as recently as three billion years ago . |
| 4 | All I do know is that it truly happened . ’ |
| 5 | The remarkable feature of Kallibunker 's fur was that it completely lacked the usual long guard hairs found on all other cats . |
| 6 | If there was one ( albeit very small ) consolation about the sale of Dave Batty , it was that it finally did away with an important inferiority complex of mine — was I the only person in West Yorkshire not to be best mates with the man ? ? |
| 7 | Officially , the reason given was that it now seemed more sensible to store the highly active waste above ground for at least fifty years before disposing of it , probably in the form of glass blocks , and meanwhile allowing more of its intense heat to dissipate . |
| 8 | The result was that it then became possible to record the data on a continuous re-circulating loop of tape that would last for 25 hours before being erased and used again . |
| 9 | The big problem with this sort of fine-tuning , advisers said , was that it usually did more damage than it corrected . |
| 10 | Their verdict was that it only went to show . |
| 11 | I do n't know if it was because it never happened , or because they did n't think I was the right person to talk to . ’ |