Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos otherwise it 's rather a lot to eat for one person . |
| 2 | I agree , it 's clearly a warning to pay , but I swear I know nothing about it . |
| 3 | If he does it without any help I shall be totally amazed and I think that it 's simply a facility to assume that there 're gon na be reductions in bureaucracy simply by centralising because the record from the past shows that the reverse is the case . |
| 4 | Well the the it 's just a survey to see |
| 5 | But the villagers say that for others who turn up it 's just a chance to cause trouble . |
| 6 | I do n't write anything , I send the tape in , they do n't know who you are you 're just a it 's just a voice speaking nobody knows who you are or anything , they only know me nobody else . |
| 7 | It 's just a bastard to do this rib |
| 8 | It 's based on a kind of cowardice , a lack of reliance on your own judgement if it suceeded before it 'll succeed again , it 's just a money making machine and shows no literary thought by the publishers . |
| 9 | Er it 's just a thought to say well if I , if , if this training is so important I will use it over and over again , it makes sense to save the preparation time four or five months down the line by having a script and now only you can up with your examples . |
| 10 | It 's just a piss take group . |
| 11 | Rival comics reckon it 's just a ruse to boost sales — and that Superman will be resurrected . |
| 12 | and then you become to understand that , that half of you just disappeared , the way I feel I felt like it 's just a shell left and all the inside just gone out and I 've |
| 13 | It 's just a man failing to reappear , that 's all — now you see him , now you do n't that 's the only thing that 's real : here one minute and gone the next and never coming back — an exit , unobtrusive and unannounced , a disappearance gathering weight as it goes on , until , finally , it is heavy with death . |
| 14 | Dummies have since caught on as a fashion accessory at raves , but whether the trend was sparked by the emergence of Ketamine , or whether it 's just a way to keep the burning under control , is lost to myth and drug folklore . |
| 15 | It 's just a game to pass some time away . |
| 16 | If it 's just a cough to go with the cold then there 's nothing they can do anyway , but if it 's an asthmatic cough then I can give him some erm Ventolin . |
| 17 | It turns out in the end that , that , all the readings were in there it 's just a matter locating them ! |
| 18 | it 's just a speech given and this is |
| 19 | But brilliant summer sunshine and the fact that this is a well-established part of the English season mean it 's also a chance to see and be seen . |
| 20 | It 's also a chance to have another word with you . ’ |
| 21 | It 's also a way to exploit the pre-sales and sales support talent they have inside . |
| 22 | It 's also a doddle to lay ; Ethernet uses a linear bus , which means that network stations are connected to a single cable a bit like electric sockets hanging off a mains cable . |
| 23 | Presumably it 's also a lot to do with isolation , a lot to do with the fact that there was no one to talk to about the sexual experiences you were having and the only surrounding attitude was one of , ‘ This is something which should n't happen ’ , whereas the situation when I had my first sexual experience was one where I knew other people who were gay whom I could talk to . |
| 24 | Tropical fish can live without food for six weeks , but that is the limit , so it 's best a neighbour comes in to feed them occasionally . |
| 25 | It 's really a treat to go there and see how things have changed is n't it . |
| 26 | ‘ This girl I know , ’ says Charles Aught , trying to be cheerful , ‘ thinks it 's really a woman dressed up . ’ |
| 27 | It 's almost a shame to shoot some of the beautifully drawn and shaded creatures … almost . |
| 28 | but I mean you send the package out and you get a phone call er it 's Mr Davies , and then you get card out and then you send him the questionnaire it 's merely a record duplicated on the form but |
| 29 | A It 's always a problem having tempting ornaments at low levels with children about . |
| 30 | Firstly , the wires on the Disc do no extend far enough , so it 's always a struggle to put the shoe on . |