Example sentences of "it a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it a cattle market ? |
| 2 | In one a hunts man , his hunting-horn swinging free from his neck , is sticking a stake into a wild boar , which also has a dog sinking its teeth into its neck ; in another , two lions , one very heraldic and standoffish , are attacking a gazelle , helped by a bird of prey ; in the third , which is decidedly curious , a mule leads a lolling-tongued , wolf-like animal captive while ahead of it a hunts man is tensing his bow to fire at some unseen target . |
| 3 | Oh no , no I think it 's at a is it a jewellers Ratners , something like that ? |
| 4 | Call it a rites-of-passage novel , a coming-of-age novel or a coming-out novel , it is usually a writer 's way of exploring how the early years can irritate to life the otherwise dormant sensitivities that produce the itch to write fiction . |
| 5 | But you have made it a robbers ' cave ( Mark 11:17 ) . |
| 6 | You will need a detective , be it a police officer or some individual caught up for good reason in the investigation , who is capable of seeing deeply into people 's characters , of putting himself like Simenon 's Maigret into , not so much other people 's hoes , as into other people 's minds and souls . |
| 7 | Its ‘ difficult ’ themes ( the war and homosexuality ) made it a succès d'estime , but although Ackerley was hailed as a coming dramatist , he never completed another play . |
| 8 | There was a coalition , some would call it a cuts coalition , between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats , to produce a budget . |
| 9 | Only Mercedes-Benz could charge £50,800 for a car that is comprehensively outperformed by a Vauxhall Calibra 2.0i 16v , costing £33,550 less , and still call it a sports car . |