Example sentences of "[pron] it be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hence the individual voter 's starting-point in trying to influence policy through the electoral process is a situation of very limited choice in which it is general policy biases , or even more general considerations , often described as ‘ party images ’ , that must govern his or her selection of an MP . |
| 2 | Isaiah Berlin has pointed to the uncertainty in Marx 's attitude to this ‘ the most central of all the concepts of his system ’ and to his failure to reconcile the two views he expresses : the one , that in unalienated labour there is perfect freedom for the fullest realisation of human potential and happiness ; the other , that ‘ the need for this minimum of toil is an inescapable fact of physical nature which it is mere Utopianism to hope to conjure away ’ . |
| 3 | Police are investigating an incident in which it is alleged leisure assistant Alan Deaton , 19 was assaulted during a roller disco at York 's Barbican Centre . |
| 4 | But y you 'd got to watch , there again , that er you did n't exceed the width of er of your waggon , which it 's maximum limit was er would be er eight foot three , or er eleven foot six , high . |
| 5 | Many of you , I know , believe Smott 's substitution after four minutes was because he was out of his depth , but I can assure you it is all part of my master plan which I am painstakingly developing on a game-by-game basis . |
| 6 | Oh god , mind you it is all relative is n't it ? |
| 7 | Then I shall I tell you it 's spoken English . |
| 8 | Mind you it 's true he'd' 've got more for it probably if it 'd been working but |
| 9 | Despite everything it was one hell of a shock . |
| 10 | And we it was fourth year when we done it and we 'd never been shown anything like that and it was interesting because it 's the sort of fact that you you never really think about |
| 11 | He 's realizes which one it is bloody hell ! |
| 12 | I wonder which one it is next week … |
| 13 | I tell him it 's another shooter , and he gives so little reaction I think he believes it . |
| 14 | You can tell her it 's good news , do n't worry her ! |
| 15 | I said it , I said it 's good news and she rushed off , he comes out tomorrow if er I said , I said I shouted as your friend ran off , I shouted tell her it 's good news ! |
| 16 | But if there was one thing the past weeks had taught her it was that work was an antidote to worry . |
| 17 | I decided to take the vodka up to Dosh and tell her it was white wine . |
| 18 | They it was all piece work , there . |
| 19 | And er they were still whistling and calling , so I went up on to the top of the bank and they it was this plantation that fell down in the warren and caught fire . |
| 20 | IT IS THE small print which usually deceives the public , but rarely the players ( to whom it is second nature to bypass the spirit of any radical change of legislation ) . |
| 21 | To me it 's good news that , in spite of fragile health , he 's landing at Heathrow today to give four lectures around England this month . |
| 22 | and you ca n't tell me it 's stopped smoking |
| 23 | Yes but to me it 's old stuff Brenda I mean I 've been hearing this kind of conversation in number between chaps coming in to mend things |
| 24 | If there 's one thing that disgusts me it 's cold porridge . |
| 25 | ‘ When , in answer to his assumption that there was to be an early wedding , I asked what was going round the grapevine now , he told me it was pure speculation on his part , stemming from the fact that you 'd just handed in your resignation . ’ |
| 26 | As he has written , ‘ I steeled myself to drive that fast lap in 1975 although my brain kept telling me it was sheer stupidity . |
| 27 | Oh it was cutting , definitely cutting it down yes , and I er remember in the first place before erm all this automation was brought in , they used to do the casting er a man and his son used to do all the casting and believe me it was hard work , er the real old way you know er with the fires and that and everything like that and heating the things up in a bellows . |
| 28 | Before me it was common ground that the assignments were not statutory assignments in conformity with section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925 , but that they were effective as equitable assignments . |
| 29 | She had been spitting blood after a bad bout of coughing , but one look at the sputum told me it was clean blood . |
| 30 | But erm I real I really enjoyed it and er to me it was interesting work and I do n't know that I can tell you much more about the locks . |