Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] it be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Or perhaps it 's this city , ’ he says . |
| 2 | Or perhaps it is that life is simply not fair , and that skill and cunning are what we should be using to navigate its choppy waters , rather than making open displays of bravado against the odds . |
| 3 | Or perhaps it was that recollection , however poignant , was better than emptiness . |
| 4 | We we tried to do as much as we could we drove from erm Colorado right the way round California up through Utah and stuff and so it is some parts of the desert are very boring . |
| 5 | Because in that paper there is a passage where Trivers says , if my theory is right , and basically it 's this Trivers Willard thing he was talking about , that parents and offspring will be in conflict about parental investment , he says , if my theory is right and if parents discriminate investment on the basis of offspring success , then he makes two predictions . |
| 6 | And thus it was that glamour had arrived for our heroine . |
| 7 | He laughed and kissed her again , and somehow it was another hour before the last of the doughnuts and her third cup of tea were consumed and he decreed that the colour had returned to her cheeks and they could leave . |
| 8 | And now it 's all panic again , and it always will be — until we mend our ways and Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) graciously allows us back into the Store as better , wiser nomes ! ’ |
| 9 | Never went out till Friday because it was , they went walking but it was so windy cos they 're here and the garden 's sort of down to a field and then it 's all fields and fields and fields and the wind just comes across like gales all the time . |
| 10 | You 've not talked to me all day and then it 's that sort of thing . |
| 11 | I 've got Kieran back for next week two weeks and then it 's half way through March and first week in April I have n't got him , I 've got three weeks |
| 12 | She 's the fifties or sixties generation , and then it was all slimness , tight dresses . |
| 13 | we 'd had the collection and then it was all choruses and then it was oh where were we , he 'd , then he 'd forgotten his glasses , could n't find his glasses , what page were we |
| 14 | It is well known that Trish 's expertise is accompanied by unwavering dedication and perseverance and undoubtedly it was these qualities that upgraded the nervous novice to a Grand Prix horse within three years . |
| 15 | Another tourist season is underway , but a vintage lamp post from Dublin is hardly very Shakespearean and yet it 's all part of an illuminating plan . |
| 16 | And yet it 's all wood is n't it ? |
| 17 | The book represents an attempt to explain the series of unexpected corporate failures over the past few years and why it was that company accounts do not appear to have given adequate warning of what was to happen . |
| 18 | But perhaps it 's some quirk in your nature , and you actually get a kick out of despising the women you get involved with ! ’ |
| 19 | But still it 's all part of the . |
| 20 | But clearly it is another factor that would make it the less satisfactory for us simply to refuse the application without more . |
| 21 | He always says he 's a busy man , unable to predict his schedule , but really it 's all part of the game . ’ |
| 22 | We 'll have more news and features later , but now it 's that time again : weather ; Lloyd . |
| 23 | Amos , Seth and Mr Wilks used to be like the Yorkshire version of Three Stooges , but now it 's all arguments and impending family feuds . |
| 24 | I know , I think after Christmas I 'm gon na go and have a look for some dresses and you see when it was an ordinary colour I was gon na have ivory but now it 's this colour I think i 'll be better having having white , I do n't know . |
| 25 | Of course , everyone signs up for nearly everything , but then it 's all part of university life . |
| 26 | You might have time to savour the moment , while you watch him approach , while you pick your shot ; but then it 's all movement , whatever route you 've chosen , whatever method for getting clear . |
| 27 | The well-adjusted children are the ones who know someone loves them — but then it 's those children who do n't get the attention . ’ |
| 28 | But afterwards it was all relaxation as her prize also including the chance to spend the Saturday night at Wimpey Homes ’ prestigious Granby Village development . |