Example sentences of "[subord] it [be] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is the second aspect which concerns speechreaders , you may be interested to share some discoveries made by the 1979 study group from their own experience , and from my own experience since 1972 . |
| 2 | Mrs Bennett would have a fit if she knew Celia had gone up to Beckwith 's Folly , but it was n't the first time lately that she had been overwhelmed by the desire to escape , although it was the first time she had actually done anything about it . |
| 3 | It was a look she recognised instantly , although it was the first time she 'd seen it in the flesh . |
| 4 | Well , I could hardly say no , although it was the last thing I wanted . |
| 5 | Although it was the last thing on their minds . |
| 6 | Firstly , nobody , but nobody would want to levy charges until it was a last resort , but if the alternative to levying those charges were perhaps that we had to cut the staffing levels in those adult training centres , then you get a different answer to the question , and I had a meeting about four weeks ago with the heads of some of our centres who 've been asking parents and carers that question . |
| 7 | I always left the dollop of jam in the middle of my mother 's puddings until it was the last mouthful . |
| 8 | I feel like it 's a second career . |
| 9 | If it is a first baby , then both mother and father are inexperienced and are learning how to cope with the demands of the new infant as well as with the disruption in their own lives . |
| 10 | The caller from the agency may plead and cajole you into agreeing to accept the job , especially if it is a last minute booking and they are desperate for someone . |
| 11 | A novice is expected to show the degree of skill exhibited by a junior doctor , even if it is the first day on the job . |
| 12 | When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data . |
| 13 | Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own . |
| 14 | Thus , if it is the first time someone tells you a particular genre of joke , you may not know the appropriate type of response . |
| 15 | If it is the first flight of the day for you , then it should always be the aim to make it an accurate spot landing . |
| 16 | Any rule chosen from the conflict set has its weight reduced by the factor K. If it is the last rule of a successful search , so its action leads immediately to a goal , then the reward C is added to its weight . |
| 17 | Even if it 's a first marriage the husband 's side of the family would miss out altogether . |
| 18 | Sorry if it 's the first thing you see in the morning , still it 's not everyone who can say they 've been sleeping with a Jesuit . |
| 19 | If it 's , if it 's the first Thursday . |
| 20 | I give you my word there will be one , if it 's the last case I am allowed to handle . ’ |
| 21 | You 've been driving me crazy , but now I 'm going to have your body , and if it 's the last time then so be it . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ If it 's the last thing I do , ’ I said , ‘ I 'll see you in the street and I 'll kick you back . ’ |
| 23 | And that is why I 'll see Greg Martin if it 's the last thing I do . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , take a rucksack and see India , if it 's the last thing you do in your life . ’ |
| 25 | If it 's the last thing I do in this life … ’ |
| 26 | And I remembered an early line from ‘ Othello ’ where Iago says something like , ‘ I 'll get that bloody Moor if it 's the last thing I do in my life . ’ |
| 27 | I thought , ‘ If that 's good enough for Shakespeare , it 's good enough for me ’ , and so King Rat starts , ‘ I 'm going to get that bloody bastard if it 's the last thing I do in my life . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm going to find them , if it 's the last thing I do ! ’ he said to me , and he hurried out of the house . |
| 29 | If it 's the last thing I do , I 'll get it out of you . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm going to track him down if it 's the last thing I do . ’ |