Example sentences of "it be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That it was a Saturday morning had made his presence possible — he would not have accepted the invitation had it been on some date in the week — and carriages had already piled behind one another in the main street ; evidently it was to be a large party . |
| 2 | How long had it been like this , untouched by people , gradually decaying and changing with the wind and the weather ? |
| 3 | Er what 's the atmosphere like in Belfast , what 's it been like this week ? |
| 4 | Whatever you do at least be sure to make it stupendously high ; let it be of all columns in the world the most lofty . ’ |
| 5 | Wo n't it be on this lot ? |
| 6 | Or will it be at most a change of tone , a more positive role in supporting industry but falling far short of what the free marketeers fear ? |
| 7 | ‘ Whoever can it be at this time of night ? ’ asked Elizabeth . |
| 8 | Who could it be at this hour ? |
| 9 | Whoever could it be at this time of night ? |
| 10 | What will it be for that clef ? |
| 11 | Norway 's preoccupation is therefore not how to meet its own energy demand , nor will it be for many years , but how best to exploit its hydrocarbon wealth . |
| 12 | If the latter , can it be for any offence or only for a serious one , and is the offence in the problem sufficiently serious ? |
| 13 | Could it be worth this pain ? |
| 14 | Should n't it be round that side ? |
| 15 | Do not keep saying to yourself ‘ But how can it be like that ? ’ because you will get … into a blind alley from which no-one has yet escaped . ’ |
| 16 | Mum , will it be like that Cinderella did n't stick to the story ? |
| 17 | How can it be like both ? ’ |
| 18 | Will it be like this on Thursday ? |
| 19 | ‘ Will it be like this when we live together , do you think ? ’ |
| 20 | " Where are we going and how long will it be before some of us stop running for good and all ? " |
| 21 | And it were about that height . |
| 22 | I 'd like to er say one or two words before er moving the amendment and I , I 'm very pleased to hear that the two are to be incorporated as it were into this one . |
| 23 | ‘ I ask that you will accommodate Anne Duchess of York , my daughter-in-law in your household , ’ Elizabeth Woodville had written — after enquiring as to her friend 's health , reminiscing about former days and passing on to the matter of her daughter-in-law as if it were of little consequence . |
| 24 | Moderator we , we do accept this but maybe I could er say just a word to the assembly about the workload as it were of this panel on doctrine . |
| 25 | starting a little brown smoulder mark it were like that all the through the electric blanket of course all the through the the sheets all through the sheets and blankets and it had just coming through the top counterpane we used have a |
| 26 | Mind you it were like all wooden compartment . |
| 27 | Other one would learnt how to open a crack , and it were in that cage , and it could hear birds outside . |
| 28 | The road to follow up into the low hills is marked with the sign ‘ Coteaux de Jurançon ’ , though it is also quite easy to lose once you are up there ; but when vineyards are so thin on the ground as it were in this part of the country , there is every reason to get briefly lost amongst them . |
| 29 | ‘ It is our view that the ‘ levels ’ [ punishment ] system at Glenthorne would , if it were in any other secure facility , contravene the Children 's Homes Regulations , ’ says the report of the advisory group , chaired by Winifred Tumim . |
| 30 | Does the Secretary of State accept that Britain has the most cost efficient coal industry in Europe , producing the cheapest coal , and that if it were in any one of the other 11 European countries there would be no question of its further contraction at this time ? |