Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 And of course it th it 's more often done that with the kettle of course , so that it 's it by the time you get to the end of the job you do n't want a cup of tea anyway .
2 I have n't done precise cal computation of interest , but , erm the rough one indicate that it is something in the region of five thousand , two hundred but I quite agree with his Lordship 's figure of five , two , O , seven , total one is one , two , one , six , three , four , O
3 But the New Testament writers insist with one voice that it is nothing of the kind .
4 And you hit it and it bends up and it just dies and I 've been sitting like , I mean I , I definitely do n't think that it is anything with the way I hold it in like cos I 've been sitting going and I just , just hit it and it goes ee , it just dies so you ca n't bend , that 's on too .
5 He retorted that it was nothing to the risk he had taken .
6 Nevertheless , he also clearly implied that it was none of the legate 's business .
7 I compiled an anthology a few years ago about , of misogynist quotes , and it 's everything from the bible , the Koran , the Hindu , to , every religion 's in there , all the judges are in there , pop singers are in there , I mean everybody under the sun !
8 And it 's one in the morning , okay ?
9 I 've been infatuated before and it 's nothing to the pain of this .
10 And it 's which of the expenditure bands would you be in ?
11 Certainly not — as a matter of fact , I holidayed not half an hour 's drive from your house , at the bottom of Loch Ness , and it was nothing like the Bahamas — we journalists ca n't afford to go to such places .
12 I thought it wa he 'll tell me if it 's nothing like the taste of
13 If it 's anything like the majority of the population it 's been a bit hairy .
14 It tells us that the soldiers are thinking back to before the war , to the sun as if it were something in the distant past which they took for granted but has now become their last hope and so they are turning back to nature to put right a problem they caused .
15 But it 's something in the way he says things .
16 ‘ There 's desert to cross , but it 's nothing like the G'bai . ’
17 The whiteness of his shirt seemed to emphasise his tan , but it was something in the glittering gaze , raking her slowly from head to toe , that made her hesitate .
18 This would seem to imply a super-intelligence , but it was nothing of the sort .
19 They might have said that harm is not " actual " unless it is something beyond the trivial , for which a charge of common assault is adequate ; but they have not imposed even this degree of control .
20 Erm , I do n't know whether it 's anything in the budget for de redecoration , I think , Robert House .
21 Love 's O.K. when it 's you in the starring rôle , but me — that 's vile and disgusting .
22 It pretends to be about local government when it is nothing of the sort .
23 It hits his head and you do n't hear the noise it makes because you cry out at the same time , as though it 's you in the bed , you being attacked , you being killed .
24 Cut glass was what is now called crystal , though it is nothing of the kind , and it has advantages apart from being elegant .
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