Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 No , no , it 's not ink oil at all , it 's alloy , eight hundred H T.
2 ‘ The important thing , ’ he quoted almost to himself , ‘ is to remember it 's not brute force with a fixed-spool reel ; just a controlled flick . ’
3 Now while we 're on this point about what exactly am I entitled to , erm we ought to say a word about credit notes cos there are a lot of shops who say well erm you know it is it is n't company policy to , it is n't our policy to offer refunds , but we 're quite happy to offer you a credit note .
4 When the outburst comes it is very effective.The lyricism of Tennyson 's poetry is magnificent .
5 He said : ‘ We are now living in a post-apartheid era and it is about time member of the Labour group came to realise that . ’
6 She was taken to a small Gestapo prison near the Bastille , and thanked her lucky stars it was n't Gestapo HQ on the Avenue Foch .
7 It was held that it was not copra cake at all but a substance quite different to that contracted for and , because of this , the sellers could not rely on an exclusion clause purporting to exempt them from liability .
8 It was also registration day at McGill University , which marked a particular and new phase in his early life — in one sense , a new independence .
9 But somehow it was always Sunday afternoon in Woodburn , as she remembered it .
10 So when they brought the seat back it was about quarter quarter to six I think .
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