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

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1 ‘ But it 's all just a coincidence ! ’ said Angalo .
2 It 's all just a myth .
3 Doubtless it 's all just a safety precaution and will come to nothing .
4 Dear Julie gets drunk and for some bizarre reason suddenly starts feeling you up under the table while we 're nibbling our cheese and biscuits , and making pathetic double-entendres , and attacks you outside the bathroom ; totally unprovoked , of course , and it 's all just the drink talking .
5 It is all largely a matter of trial and error to find the string that will suit you best .
6 If it is all just a matter of philosophy , then anyone can voice an opinion on it , and there may be differing views of what ‘ humanity ’ consists of behind it all .
7 It is all really a matter of manual dexterity and self-confidence .
8 It was all rather a relief .
9 For an unpretentious suburban Gasthof it was all rather a surprise .
10 At the end he asked me about myself , curtly , as if it was all rather a bore .
11 Helen replied enigmatically that it was all just a question of experience .
12 Ruth was beginning to feel it was all just a dream ; part of her mind felt detached , quite separate from her body .
13 Meanwhile , a self-declared ring-leader , Paul Taylor , shouting from the roof tops , has claimed that it was all just a sit-in protest that got out of control .
14 It was all just a moment 's mental aberration !
15 It was all just a sort of angry joke because the rest of the gang , and Ashton in particular , would n't agree with him about the best way to fill holes in .
16 But he was n't frightened , because he knew that it was all just a joke , a little comedy of the kind fathers like to play with their sons .
17 Maybe it was all just a game to him , these stirring pulses and loaded glances , and chemical reactions .
18 He started to smile , teasing me , and for the second time I was convinced that someone would flourish it back to existence , that it was all only a game .
19 It was all only an excuse .
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