Example sentences of "[noun] it be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting . |
2 | For many centuries it was common form for a bishop to address a presbyter as ‘ fellow-presbyter ’ . |
3 | Of course any rod bag will do but with the price of some of today 's rods it is false economy to make do . |
4 | In my mind it 's common sense that makes a good policeman , not education . |
5 | shorthand it 's all shorthand notes . |
6 | For Seldes it was contemporary drama that had been to blame , for it had encouraged the young movie industry to take ‘ the slice of life ’ as its subject-matter . |
7 | The Malvern Hills have been looked after by the Conservators for around one hundred and ten years.Now they 're asking Parliament for more powers.And it 's that request which has led to controversy . |
8 | when you went shopping you could shop everywhere and a quarter of tea it was that price every shop , there was no competitiveness about it |
9 | If you go at the six o'clock showing , Monday to Friday it 's two pound ten pence for you . |
10 | So developed did the cult of personality in Northern Nigeria become that even in dealing with rude and warlike pagans it was bad form to stoop to securing their acquiescence in the will of the government by resort to force . |
11 | Controversy follows the rugby men around of course , but for the fans it 's carnival time , while the international team wait for England . |
12 | TD lorries shift everything from fish fingers to boxes of tissues and when goods do n't move in the shops it 's bad news for truckers . |
13 | And I feel that it , it is a difficult bala in practice it is difficult balance to achieve , to be polite , but to be firm at the same time erm but and there are times when that has to be done . |
14 | Like most engineering projects , it may have looked good on paper , but in practice it was another thing entirely . |
15 | But you see if you take a car it 's eight pound to park a car . |
16 | By the time they entered the harbour it was high tide and the launch , with the Wheel riding her stern , lay almost level with the quay . |
17 | While we have strong reserves to support the pound it is likely Bank of England Governor Robin Leigh Pemberton would advise a Labour Chancellor to combine firm words with firm deeds if support from the Bundesbank and our other exchange rate mechanism partners is to be assured and a drawn-out war of attrition avoided . |
18 | Last night had been wonderful ; but then , every time her body played host to his thick prick it was sheer heaven . |
19 | Towards the end of the Summer term it 's common practice in most schools to invite the parents of the new intake of children to visit the school to explain the routines and organisation , to give them a chance to meet the teachers and also to provide an opportunity for them to share any concerns they might have . |
20 | ‘ Immediately after the marathon it was local election time and I was on the move constantly . |
21 | It 's not a towing bar it 's another boat . |
22 | Nevertheless , in the contemporary English village it is this feeling of having been ‘ taken over ’ by outsiders that usually prevails among the agricultural population and with it not only a sense of ‘ loss of community ’ , but an inevitable animus against the invasion of ‘ furriners ’ . |
23 | I done a one the other day that was twenty five pence it was some charity thing . |
24 | After explaining a benefit it is sound practice to ask the buyer ‘ Is this the kind of thing you are looking for ? ’ |
25 | Were you thinking that broadcasting it was another piece of the pattern ? ’ |
26 | A nice idea ; what a pity it is bad history . |
27 | It was the first time in two decades that a British bike was beating the Japanese and for British biking enthusiasts it was stirring stuff . |
28 | Little did we know that around Suva it 's second nature . ’ |
29 | ‘ In my work it 's second nature for me to double check all factual research . |
30 | Twenty six of July it 's due Doctor . |