Example sentences of "it be [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it been Alex Household who had been shot , the situation would have been different , because she so patently disapproved of him , but with Michael Banks as the victim , it was difficult to cast her in the role of murderer . |
| 2 | They had both apparently been part of the group clustered around the door ; had that been mere coincidence , or had it been Harry Martin that Luke had been so engrossed in talking to ? |
| 3 | Had it been Lady Isabella ? |
| 4 | The one time Mayor of Arden , father of the bruised Grace ( ‘ Had it been Paddy Ashdown I would n't have minded one little bit ’ ) , had checked in at the desk and was about to carry his overnight bag up to his room when he noticed her through the glass door of an adjoining room . |
| 5 | its busy busy for local sport at the moment … but one team struggling to make a go of it are Oxford Cheetahs speedway … news of them coming up now in our action round-up |
| 6 | Should it be South Africa 1995 … ? |
| 7 | Should it be SOUTH AFRICA 1995 … ? |
| 8 | Will it be Robin Williams ? |
| 9 | Will it be Jil Sander or Wolfgang Joop ? |
| 10 | Er I 'd say it were Dr Hilary Jones . |
| 11 | er , I think it were Denmark Centre |
| 12 | If it were Northern Ireland we 'd call it war . |
| 13 | It would nt be so bad if it were Leeds RLFC , at least thered be some revenue generated . |
| 14 | In fact , Peggy remembered her own mam saying as how there were certain folk , including herself , who believed it were Luther Reynolds ' fault when his second wife died of the fever . |
| 15 | I tried to stop him , but it were Mr Benedict coming down through the kitchens in such a bang and shouting for his groom that started it . ’ |
| 16 | Not as if it were Mr James giving a treat . |
| 17 | Now , if it were Ronnie Biggs … |
| 18 | " I 'm not that young , " Jenny said savagely and punched her pillow as though she wished it were Matthew Preston 's head . |
| 19 | I 'd heard Dad and Eva in the bar analysing the performance as if it were Miles Davis 's farewell appearance . |
| 20 | Mind you , I do n't I , I think it were yesterday morning I oh no it were Monday morning . |
| 21 | To Westminster Abbey , and there did see all the tombs very finely , having one with us alone , there being other company this day to see the tombs , it being Shrove Tuesday . |
| 22 | It 's Mark fault though , if I kept hold of it ! |
| 23 | Erm and it 's Mark John . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's Angharad Morgan , ’ he said smiling warmly , ‘ my master 's daughter , come inside . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's Babur H-U-S-S-E-I-N , is n't it. ? ’ |
| 26 | Leonardo de Vinci fourteen , Middlesex Street in London has a very famous market lends its name to the street it 's Petticoat Lane question fifteen , which of them is not a bone , okay , we , we asked you which of these is not a bone , a femur , a patella , radius , cornea or temporal , the one is cornea , that 's part , that 's part of the eye question sixteen , which country is the world 's leading coffee producer ? |
| 27 | It 's Joanne Menzies . ’ |
| 28 | It 's Arthur Farren that 's the Female Impersonator … and there 's … ’ |
| 29 | It 's Mackeson Gold Cup Day , it 's been raining heavily at Cheltenham , there 's a non-runner in the big race details coming up . |
| 30 | It 's Nurse River , I 'll be bound , someone needs to be driven somewhere . |