Example sentences of "it be [verb] [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is doubtful whether at this stage even John Barratt envisaged it being driven all the way to the veins at Paddy End — as indeed it was in years to come . |
| 2 | ‘ It taught him to settle and relax and it 's made all the difference . |
| 3 | It 's eaten all the pastry ! |
| 4 | It moves around in space , it 's moving all the time . |
| 5 | it 's swinging all the time he 's looking at |
| 6 | It 's happening all the time . ’ |
| 7 | It 's either growing or dying , it 's changing all the time . |
| 8 | And it 's took all the fire out of it he there ai n't no fire in that bottom one . |
| 9 | Okay and it does n't stop anywhere it 's going all the way up to Scotland before it stops . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | It was taking all the pleasure out of things and Maggie 's lips drooped like a disappointed girl 's . |
| 14 | er they also brought out some a good range of lighting fittings er , which you still see about again used well I , I remember putting one , you saying about putting lights at different levels , erm a staircase which was in a new house which was architect design and built and erm , the staircase was er more or less centrally in the house rather than be stuck against one wall and so it had a well and down the centre of the well we strung one of these lights with er five different glasses suspended on black flex five black flexes and erm these were shades made of heavy glass er the glass was n't painted it was coloured all the way through , er and erm they were called er Chelsea , Chelsea glasswork and erm these each had a lamp inside them well er about three inch diameter cylinders actually about eight inches long and they were hung at different heights er so that the lip behind the staircase and also of course there 's a staircase being where it was , it was in the centre of er , a , quite a large hallway for modern stand for modern standards and erm it of course was a feature of the hall as well . |
| 15 | So it was watched all the while like that ? |
| 16 | It was fought all the way to the European Court of Justice , which decided in his favour . |
| 17 | He refuses to elaborate except to add that ‘ it was rough-housing all the way ’ . |