Example sentences of "[coord] it be [num] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're doing refreshments and it 's twenty pence to come in . |
| 2 | any way I got to the last one and it was two combinations combined together , so you 've got two separate combinations to do and then you 're to put those two together in with a different rule |
| 3 | And it was one thing to lie , and another to blush . |
| 4 | Er it were in paper about this er this woman she 'd gone to the hospital and she must have been there longer than she thought , and so she 'd got her car clamped and it was thirty pound to have it off but |
| 5 | But it is one thing to say that the rich , orderly Swedes can put their energy house in order with a minimum of CO 2 . |
| 6 | But it is one thing to say that once the House of Lords is seised of the case it must resolve all outstanding issues in the appeal itself . |
| 7 | But it is one thing to thumb your nose at Mr Gorbachev over the Kremlin wall , as many thousands did in a demonstration in Moscow last weekend . |
| 8 | But it is one thing to document the diversity in local authority expenditure and political activity ; it is another to account for its origins and maintenance . |
| 9 | But it is one thing to have sufficient understanding in coming to believe and another to have it in every area of continuing to believe . |
| 10 | But it 's one thing to foresee , say , which horse is going to win the Derby . |
| 11 | But it was one thing to tell myself that and another to act on it with any conviction . |
| 12 | But it was one thing to want to see some medium-term alteration of the shape of British industry . |
| 13 | Well Nick I think you did enjoy the game but it was two points lost rather than one point gained . |