Example sentences of "[verb] it be [adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some say it 's heroic and romantic ; others say it 's pure science fiction . |
| 2 | A blessing for traffic planners and motorists , a disaster for campaigners who say it 's ruined country life . |
| 3 | They were just two points in front after a surprise defeat for Daz Sumner when suddenly the team found it 's real fighting spirit . |
| 4 | Bruce Tigwell says … the skill of it he says is being able to read the ground and go over bumps as quickly as you can … there are more skills in this than any other form of motoring … he says it 's fun motor sport and very friendly but the competition is still high … you can not buy the vehicles off the shelf you have to make them … top speed is 115 miles an hour but they rarely get the chance to go that fast |
| 5 | there are advantages erm and quite honestly if erm er the way I put it is that salary company car and BUPA and all that sort of thing |
| 6 | ‘ I do not understand you , ’ he rasped , ‘ but coming from you I imagine it is some acid comment . |
| 7 | The company behind the scam , Mandela , are refusing to fill in any more details , however , so we can only assume it 's another cash-in wind up . |
| 8 | Er but I do n't believe it 's worthwhile doing manual on the cases , they will get picked up in the next data support run which runs two weeks afterwards , that 'll be erm beginning of May . |
| 9 | Da da da da da that 's love and I ca n't believe it 's true da da you better stop before you go and break my heart . |
| 10 | In any event , if luck was on her side , and by her reckoning it was high time luck paid her a visit , the garage might well have delivered her car to her hotel by now — or at least have telephoned to say that it was ready for collection . |
| 11 | I just I just saw it was pure virgin olive oil and I thought oh that 'll do |
| 12 | is the straightforward transaction reflecting cash flowing out of the authority ( assuming it is external loan repayment ) to repay loans . |
| 13 | I do n't think it 's good exam technique . |
| 14 | I mean it 's typical government policy , bang , there it is now you lot sort it out ! |
| 15 | If the plaintiff 's solicitor has to swear an affidavit of service he must specifically state that first class post was used , otherwise the court will presume it was second class post . |
| 16 | I never realized it 's first time price . |
| 17 | Ye , well it 's not in the shop , I think it 's big country house they 've turned into a hotel or something . |
| 18 | Yes , yes , er , we go into item seven , er , marked H , I think it 's residential nursing home . |
| 19 | Think it 's those teacher training days . |
| 20 | Bu I think it 's Fat Controller bubble bath . |
| 21 | ‘ Some people tend to think it 's some faraway problem that will never come to anything , but it destroyed human decency before and it can again if we do n't stand up to it . |
| 22 | Yeah , really the question I want to put is to the er B T Post Office er representatives , that y you made a perfectly reasonable objection to the way in which B T funded it 's early retirement scheme from the pension fund . |
| 23 | He will be joined by local MP Michael Fallon and Hartlepool Conservative candidate Graham Robb who yesterday said it was high time Labour told the voters what it was going to do about the continuing problems of congestion and accidents on the A1(M) . |
| 24 | It is all good quality and every piece carries a special seal to prove it is genuine Madeiran embroidery . |
| 25 | To decorate a dish of smoked salmon , so beautiful in itself , with lettuce leaves , or to strew it with tufts of cress , is not to make that salmon which has cost 38s. a pound look as if it cost £3 , but to belittle it so that you begin to feel it is some bargain basement left-over which needs to be disguised . |