Example sentences of "it [is] [verb] [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It taught him to settle and relax and it 's made all the difference . |
2 | It 's eaten all the pastry ! |
3 | It moves around in space , it 's moving all the time . |
4 | it 's swinging all the time he 's looking at |
5 | It 's meant all the locks have had to be replaced and the family is left with a feeling of uncertainty . |
6 | It 's happening all the time . ’ |
7 | It 's expected all the redundancies will be achieved voluntarily . |
8 | It 's either growing or dying , it 's changing all the time . |
9 | It 's not just doing it right it 's covering all the angles . |
10 | And it 's took all the fire out of it he there ai n't no fire in that bottom one . |
11 | Okay and it does n't stop anywhere it 's going all the way up to Scotland before it stops . |
12 | It 's almost mesmeric as well is n't it , this repetition of now , now , now between between the but as as you were saying , it 's sketching all the details in so you , if you were sketching a fox , you know you begin somewhere and say you begin with the nose you 've just got a little detail the nose and the eyes but eventually you 've got to put the whole sketch in . |
13 | We all know how the week runs away with official interviews and calls , and how difficult it is to remember all the people with whom you ought to keep in touch , but when I think of the number of things which people of different types , like Lady Londonderry and Lady St Helier and others , have got settled by letting people meet at the dinner table , I despair of a man who never sees even those who have been longest in office on any occasion . |
14 | Fiercest in his assessments was Vladimir Brovikov , the Soviet ambassador to Poland , who accused Gorbachev of being obsessed with democratization " without discipline or order " and concluded : " It is said that the people back perestroika . |
15 | By chance , the Museum was also acting as host to a large delegation of Mayors and Councillors from the surrounding area and it is hoped that the significance of the presentation rubbed-off on them . |
16 | I conclude that this book could most definitely happen , in fact it is happening all the time in our lives although we are protected by our parents who are conditioned to life . |
17 | But of course the minute you put a , slap a cover on this information , it begins to , to change and people die and new governments are elected and whatever , er so yes , we are , we have in our employ someone who 's sole job it is to read all the newspapers , er watch the T V , all the media and keep all the information up to date , so the , that 's a full time job really and they 're working on the data base day and night |
18 | Under what circumstances it is released we need to discover ; maybe it is only released under special circumstances , maybe it is released all the time . ’ |
19 | While they argue , those whose task it is to make sure the troops will be there on the day have to get on with more practical jobs . |
20 | This analysis must however be extended if it is to cover all the uses of the infinitive since there are also cases in which the latter is not in relation with another verb , as in the following exclamations : ( 1 ) Oh to be in England now that April 's there ! |