Example sentences of "[is] it [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why is it grown-ups never trust you to do anything properly ? ’ |
| 2 | Is it biscuits again ? |
| 3 | Is it mothballs or furniture polish or tobacco or vapour rub ? |
| 4 | Well there 's green ones there 's three ovals there , I think is it ovals ? |
| 5 | Is it kippers ? |
| 6 | what that mean twen , is it metres or what ? in metres |
| 7 | Is it complications or what ? |
| 8 | Is it jaws ? |
| 9 | What , seen , what have you been to that Liberti is it Liberties by the town church ? |
| 10 | What time is it chaps ? |
| 11 | What time is it chaps , please ? |
| 12 | What time is it chaps ? |
| 13 | Oh yes Dan used to stand outside calling er get your nice steak or get your nice egg bun and all this , they mostly had barkers , and it was competition you see between the , there was er Smiths the pork butchers , erm Cliffs the pork butchers , that was nearly by McMillans that were I forget and there used to be Olivers shoe shop round there and a Mr used to erm I do n't know whether you 've heard of Percy , no , and erm his father used to manage it and erm behind the Angel Alley you know the Angel Alley , well that was down shop there , and then there were several maid shops and there was the erm grocers , that 's er before you turn o that 's on the same side as Street , it , is it , is it Moors in Street , there 's a hardware shop on the corner now straight in the market place ? |
| 14 | Listen all you viewers out there , is it viewers on the radio ? |
| 15 | Ca n't you see it 's a load of … initialisms , or is it acronyms ? ’ |
| 16 | I lo , I 've recorded whatever 's on tonight , is it Eastenders ? |
| 17 | Why is it women can remember absolutely everything , all the time ? |
| 18 | Or is it women who are calling the shots — weary of living up to men 's fantasies , preferring instead to watch actresses they can identify with , both physically and emotionally ? |
| 19 | Is it ticks or crosses ? |
| 20 | ‘ I mean , what is it heroes really want ? ’ |
| 21 | So the conversation went something like ‘ Is it the curtains , is it a book , is it the window , is it sandwiches , is it a table . |
| 22 | WHY is it cricketers never play in the rain ? |
| 23 | ‘ Is it cigars you 're after , sir ? ’ |
| 24 | Is it neighbours |
| 25 | I 'm forgetting everything these days , or is it nights , you can never tell stuck in these corridors . ’ |
| 26 | The new night — or is it nights ? — starts this Monday . |
| 27 | Is it men behaving badly ? |