Example sentences of "it [been] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The question was , had it been to Romania and back ?
2 Safety from Angel One , whom he felt sure had intended to kill them , had n't it been for Grant 's timely arrival .
3 He was feeling what the laser would have felt , had it been of flesh and bone .
4 The SEC 's Rule 14e-3 , which derives validity from s.14(e) of the SEA 1934 , forms the basis of insider trading liability for tender offers , or , in British parlance , take-overs , and would probably , had it been in operation , covered the trading activities of both Newman and Chiarella .
5 In these circumstances MacDonald could not be treated as a cast-off glove — even had it been in Baldwin 's nature to do so .
6 Had it been in administration , we would have put forward to our budget .
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