Example sentences of "it [be] [conj] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I explained to them it 's because having been unemployed most of my professional life that I 've always been short of money and that 's what 's led me to work on very cheap materials . |
| 2 | Yes , and you get all the animals who are experimented on and you sa there 's not a week that comes out and you do n't an a report saying , oh well this this , this causes cancer in rats or and you , imagine the amount , the huge amounts of the sub , whatever substance it is that had been given to rats to cause the cancer , and there 's no knowing that the amount that 's gon na be given to rats causing cancer , will give cancer to humans ! |
| 3 | I see it is that had it worked it would have fulfilled their ideology . |
| 4 | Now , I thought , I shall be able to think this out : to find out exactly what it is that has happened to me , to see what effect it is going to have on my life , and how I am going to deal with it . |
| 5 | You can so aim your plot that the events you will have to describe reflect on whatever current preoccupation of society it is that has fired your imagination ; your theme . |
| 6 | And the truth is that whatever it is that has been unleashed , it 's barely out of the box . ’ |
| 7 | The best possible way to do this will be to set down the account resulting from a different approach , so that one can see what it is that has been overlooked so far ; and this is something which this book sets out to do . |
| 8 | In order to bring into clear focus what it is that has been lost but can be regained through meditative discipline , Hilton advances an orthodox Augustinian analysis of the structure of personality as essentially tripartite and , thus , trinitarian . |
| 9 | You know , I 'm easy going and I can cope with that , and get on and do the job with whatever it is that 's got to be done . |
| 10 | For when I inquired who it was that had arrived , Miss Kenton continued past me , stating simply : ‘ A message if it is urgent , Mr Stevens . ’ |
| 11 | He shook her awake and explained that he planned to make his way back into the forest , skirting the area of rocks , to get a closer look at whatever it was that had caught his attention . |
| 12 | Nell lowered the file , suddenly frightened , and still not knowing what it was that had disturbed her . |
| 13 | And then he knew what it was that had tapped him on the shoulder . |
| 14 | It did n't take much to persuade her to come and nothing would have prevented me from seeing precisely what it was that had turned my schoolfriend into what the Daily Express called ‘ a phenomena ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ Her doctor feels that if he could get her to face up to whatever it was that had such a damaging effect on her as a young child , then she would … well , take a grip on life again , see Harry in a different light , enjoy him , in fact , instead of escaping into illness as a way out of all her responsibilities . ’ |
| 16 | If they believed her story , and it was doubtful they would , they almost certainly would fail to realise what an astounding event it was that had taken place in the classroom that afternoon . |
| 17 | Spectators and bystanders on the canal bank turned and stared , not knowing what it was that had flashed past them , hurtling towards the water . |
| 18 | Panic , that was the first reaction to whatever it was that had just happened . |
| 19 | It seemed Gran too sensed there was no way of stopping whatever it was that had begun … ’ |
| 20 | She examined him hard , trying to decide what it was that had changed ; the wind was freshening off the sea , lifting the dark hair from his brow , and his face looked strong , serene . |
| 21 | Later , on their way home , Katherine suddenly realized what it was that had been troubling her throughout the evening . |
| 22 | Whatever it was that had happened between Richard Ward and his wife , it must have been a bad thing because , to Beth 's mind , it had brought nothing good . |
| 23 | The Doctor could n't quite make out what it was that had moved , but going by the gelid fluidity of the apparent movement , he did n't really want to . |
| 24 | And then lightning flashed outside again , and now they could all see what it was that had been ejected , impossibly , from that plaster wall and into the corridor . |
| 25 | Whoever it was that was menacing her with letters ( a letter , she corrected herself , but feeling certain there would be more ) , whoever it was that had anything to do with her mother 's death , that person , or those persons , would belong to her father 's age group . |
| 26 | She gave her friend a significant glance and then clamped her lips together , in a parody of someone who was not going to say whatever it was that had just crossed her mind . |
| 27 | Whatever it was that had come over her family today , Nicandra could not guess at . |
| 28 | Whatever it was that had expanded in her head snapped now , very distinctly , convincing her that no gun would do . |
| 29 | It was not until the middle of May that I discovered what it was that had so stimulated my friend . |
| 30 | He often wondered what it was that had brought about such a change in their relationship . |