Example sentences of "[coord] it [be] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If somebody 's saying to you do you want our guarantee — it 's fifty pounds , or it 's a hundred pounds — if you 're spending that sort of money you 'll probably pay out for it and you 'll think you 're covered for all sorts of things that might go wrong . |
| 2 | Yes if it was erm , if it was ringing through , alright , and it 's a two seconds ring that you get , okay , you can either get it because the party is engaged , still , alright , in which case it 's not successful . |
| 3 | ‘ Just go down the plaza here , turn right into the old section of the building , and it 's a few doors down on the right . |
| 4 | And it is a symmetric arms race because the nature of the success and failure on the two sides is the same : attainment of sunlight and being overshadowed , respectively . |
| 5 | And it was a million miles from what Ronni had assumed ! |
| 6 | and it was a four barrels of Carlsberg . |
| 7 | ‘ The DUC operated as a kind of umbrella organization and there was a little group in all the different localities where uranium prospecting was going on … and each of these groups had their own little committee of two or three people who were feeding back information to the DUC and it was a real grassroots organization then . ’ |
| 8 | I saw the rolled-up rug under the workbench and it was a few seconds before I realized that she was n't inside it any more . |
| 9 | It lacks the personal touch it lacks the personal touch which is why you never send your people letters saying you 're fired or you know lost a job you always talk to them and it can be more expensive in terms of materials you use it 's it is very very expensive on mat materials and cheap on time but it 's a personal relationships that 's the first thing okay that 'll do so when do we use it ? |
| 10 | Yeah but it 's a few weeks yet though . |
| 11 | He claimed in the press that it set out Government policy , but it was a million miles away from our policy . |
| 12 | Fran murmured her thanks as the woman collected the dog and went on her way , but it was a few minutes before she followed her . |
| 13 | But it was a few days before my birthday , and he has always remembered my birthday . |