Example sentences of "it be an [adj] thing [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's an awful thing to say , but the revenue to pull us out of this recession has to come from somewhere , ’ she said . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's an awful thing to say , but the revenue to pull us out of this recession has to come from somewhere , ’ she said . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's an awful thing to have to admit , ’ replied Samantha Lightbody , ‘ but I 'm afraid I missed it . ’ |
| 4 | It 's a , it 's an awkward thing to understand this , power and energy , energy is the lumps of the stuff itself . |
| 5 | John Major saying that people will have to accept restrictions on on car usages and it 's an amazing thing to come from a Tory . |
| 6 | It 's an attractive thing to watch . |
| 7 | It 's an unusual thing to say , but I think probably if it was strict , it 'd get better results . |
| 8 | It 's an excellent thing to have a hobby here . |
| 9 | It 's an upsetting thing to have hanging about . |
| 10 | I shall certainly do what I can to advance the matter , but I hesitate to say what about the paper , because I do n't think it is an easy thing to cover in a paper . |
| 11 | I am sure that it is an unpopular thing to say , but I really did enjoy School Practice . |
| 12 | It is an excellent thing to take part in debates . |
| 13 | It is an attractive thing to follow Jesus Christ , but it 's no bed of roses . |
| 14 | So many times she had told herself that , and each time she knew it was an impossible thing to do . |
| 15 | All our friends reacted very favourably to our new daughter , though I am sure that some must have thought that it was an odd thing to do , to take another child when our own were nearly adult . |
| 16 | It was an odd thing to say ( it would n't matter if the film was brilliant — it would still probably provoke mirth among non-believers ) , but then it was also an odd thing to see in a film which was presumably trying to revamp the alien invasion genre for a new age , because it was such a throwback to the cinematic aliens of the last few years . |
| 17 | It was an odd thing to say and Jenna did n't challenge him . |
| 18 | It was an uncanny thing to watch . |
| 19 | It was an inhuman thing to do . |