Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] it [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been told that on coming to the village to work in the cement factories and receiving his first weeks wages he asked if it was all his as it was more money than he had ever had in one week . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're telling me that it 's official Coutts policy to bounce a cheque on one of the ten biggest private companies in Britain ? ’ |
| 3 | And he 's told me that it 's first gear , right . |
| 4 | It strikes me that it is young people who are most at risk and who have most to lose . |
| 5 | The depression on the ‘ blade ’ and the overall shape suggest to me that it is some sort of agricultural implement , such as a weeding paddle or potato lifter . |
| 6 | Well , I 'd never heard this expression before and ‘ I ’ explained to me that it was another word meaning ‘ lesbian ’ . |
| 7 | I know he told me that it was some sort of favour for something he did for your father a long time ago , but what ? ’ |
| 8 | I have argued with them until I am blue in the face ; have indicated to them that it is near anarchy when the profession will not meet the Cabinet minister responsible ; but I have made no impression at all . |
| 9 | But today he said : ‘ No-one has approached me and it 's mere speculation at the moment . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ That goal puts everything behind me and it 's full steam ahead again now . ’ |
| 11 | Well I got one of them and it 's pure silk , pale green and white and with all lacy I thought I like it . |
| 12 | There had never been trouble between her and them and it 's unlikely Mr Johnson knew them . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're saying that the plates had passengers on them and it is these pieces of flotsam and jetsam , not the crustal plates , that have made the most impact on land formation , ’ Blake says . |
| 14 | one hand how she And it was beautiful work |
| 15 | Frequently venue staff try to set everything up before you arrive , on the basis that it worked for the people before you and it 's less effort for them . |
| 16 | The signpost outside the post office told her that it was ten miles to Abbotsfield and twenty-five to Bristol . |
| 17 | None of his friends admitted knowing him and it was two weeks before his mother knew of his death . |
| 18 | A woman posing as a social worker walked off with her and it was 15 days before Alex was found safe at a house in Burford , Oxon . |
| 19 | The old man had spoiled her and it was high time that she faced facts . |
| 20 | It 's I 've had a look at Battle Tide a little look at it and it 's New Warriors though . |
| 21 | Well , I suppose it is constructive in a way , but you never really see anything for it and it 's all routine . |
| 22 | Well if I read it and it 's wrong Catherine , it 's your fault . |
| 23 | They had their they measured it and it was eight foot high and he jumps up , spins around and crash |
| 24 | And er we went to get one , and measured it and it was right size this box but |
| 25 | We just worked as long as we liked and it and it was hard work of course it was , turning these socks like that , two , well it was hundred dozen pays , that 's two thousand four hundred . |
| 26 | She thought one day she would look into it and it was 21 years later , with time on her hands , that she actually got round to it . |
| 27 | love it until it is all juice . |
| 28 | You can see the steam coming from it cos it 's hot water . |
| 29 | If it goes down a thirty hole , it 'll be sixty wo n't it cos it 's double score . |
| 30 | But it but it is typical M E symptom . |