Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [is] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What 's puzzling me is that phone-call Nicola had at the party . |
| 2 | Dartford Theatre opened and ‘ Barefoot Video ’ has it 's first year of full-time professional worker . |
| 3 | the assignment has it 's unique number |
| 4 | Like most cities , it has it 's fair share of crime . |
| 5 | So how do we know it 's that Sunday ? |
| 6 | It 's most un do you know it 's brilliant sunshine and then there 's a bag of cl there 's a bag of |
| 7 | How do you know he 's that bulge down there |
| 8 | I do n't know he 's some flu or something , he 's been in bed for four days |
| 9 | ‘ His best attempt at negotiating the distance between admiration of the poetry and dislike for the individual who created it is this metaphor , in his introduction : ‘ When he found his authentic voice in the late 1940s , the beautiful flowers of his poetry were already growing on long stalks out of pretty dismal ground ’ — a botanical conceit designed to leave Larkin soiled , but the poetry ready for picking . |
| 10 | I do n't recognise it is that ford , that 's ford Ruth is n't it ? , that 's what it is , it 's a back ford , Pearly Way , those factories I 'm sure . |
| 11 | But no , if you hang it up that long it 's hard work . |
| 12 | They say it is good news and they will shop where its cheaper . |
| 13 | One avenue for a claim is that you paid too much for the house , but remember that you say it is common knowledge that these houses suffer this fault . |
| 14 | Remember the last thing you did was add it on , so if we say it 's two pounds , we 're back down to forty pounds that he 's got to buy units . |
| 15 | They say it 's one step closer to further privatisation within the prison service ; something that leaves a bad taste in their mouths . |
| 16 | Imagine what it 's like if I say it 's right lip and he 's read it an inch left . |
| 17 | Party officials say it 's dirty washing under the bridge , or words to that effect ; not everyone agrees . |
| 18 | They say it 's normal procedure at other Universities to wash contaminated materials like rubber gloves and glass containers . |
| 19 | Experts say it 's good news for Rover , which could have been sold off if today 's European Court ruling had gone the other way . |
| 20 | You say it 's all crap , but you 're starting to believe in it . |
| 21 | Some say it 's heroic and romantic ; others say it 's pure science fiction . |
| 22 | They say it 's pure magic . " |
| 23 | They say it 's great news and the town needs jobs . |
| 24 | Once you are accustomed to one Windows package , say a word processor , users say it 's plain sailing to learn another , such as a spreadsheet , because the conventions of look-and-feel tend to be very similar , though not necessarily identical . |
| 25 | Police say it 's another case of rural areas being plagued by gangs of city criminals . |
| 26 | A blessing for traffic planners and motorists , a disaster for campaigners who say it 's ruined country life . |
| 27 | They were just two points in front after a surprise defeat for Daz Sumner when suddenly the team found it 's real fighting spirit . |
| 28 | You know I mean that 's basically what we want it 's any situation where people talk to each other , with some kind of agenda in mind . |
| 29 | ‘ But at the end of the day , we both realise it is each other 's happiness which matters most . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Shame it 's small pickings , though . ’ |