Example sentences of "it be [noun] she had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oliver said that could have been easily accomplished by telling Shildon where they really were and if it were Shildon she had heard going through a desk in the typists ' room he must already have found out . |
| 2 | Whether it were coat she had on or not |
| 3 | And if some malicious god had n't decreed it was Slane she had to go to , or Slane where he lived , things might have been very different . |
| 4 | Then she discovered that it was Travis she had to thank that the news of her engagement to his cousin was all over Vasey 's , as , still smiling , he stated , ‘ Hope you do n't mind , Naylor , but I came in earlier to have a quick word with Leith , and could n't resist telling her assistant that a possible reason for Leith being late this morning could be her getting engaged to you at the weekend . ’ |
| 5 | It was death she had been expecting , after all . |
| 6 | Doris gave Wickham a cheerful smile and said in a pleasantly modified Cockney accent that she was positive it was MacQuillan she had seen . |