Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 A royal charter , read aloud by a villager on horseback , proclaims Seamer Fair to be open for business for the next seven days ; but it is not , nor has it been for the last fifty years .
2 how do you know it 's thingy ? , how do you know it 's for the kids in Norway ?
3 I did n't know it was on the , it was on the T V today , said it was very good .
4 Did you know it was like a hundred and ten .
5 No idea just see expect it 's on the notices or send a .
6 I do n't know where your plectrum is , I expect it 's on the floor somewhere waiting for my hoover to get it !
7 Say it 's for the snapper . ’
8 It 's cost more than a million pounds , but staff and children say it 's worth every penny .
9 They say it 's in the wrong place .
10 Again as you say it 's in the middle of nowhere in n it ?
11 I say it was on the cards because throughout the match the Scousers used the tactic of playing the long ball towards Rush and it was then quite simply a one-on-one race with either Fairclough or Newsome .
12 BLENDING It is in the blending room that the mature Scotch Whiskies are combined with each other , finely balancing the characteristics and ages of the individual grain whiskies and malt whiskies .
13 When your own practice starts it is of the utmost importance to give your cases the most meticulous attention of which you are capable , and particularly , before going into court , to familiarise yourself with the various procedural contingencies .
14 Time was never called and the tide was soon to discover it was on a hiding to nothing .
15 Since the Vendor will have entered into the relevant contracts in the first place it is for the Vendor to take the risk as saying whether or not the contracts fall within these categories .
16 I sense it is within a kilometre of the castle .
17 And then when I came to What Do You Want it was like an whole new world had opened up to me .
18 Well they was an old cargo boat , that were n't like a naval boat , they do n't call it now , they do n't call a naval boat a tramp , well the other ones cos they 're faster and th th the old tramp , tramps it was like an old tramp on the road and erm because we used to go very slow , well th the Japanese after the war , they bought these old ships up , we loaded them with scrap iron and they took the whole lot over to Japan , and cut the whole ship up scrap iron .
19 When he did finally speak it was with a studied calm to smother his irritation .
20 When she did finally speak it was in a whisper .
21 That 's important and of course when you lose , really lose your powers of coordination then you lose the ability to look after yourself , you ca n't dress yourself , you ca n't feed yourself and when that happens it 's into a home and geriatric ward and be looked after .
22 ‘ 'T IS certainly of no importance to myself — and I 'd wager 't is of no importance to Prince Edward either .
23 To buy it back cost thirty one thousand , but he says it 's worth every penny .
24 The local authority says it 's against the idea and has taken the property off the market .
25 The council says it 's in an impossible position .
26 Bible says it 's like a vapour . ’
27 Andre Jones says he 's never been involved in anything which calls for such team work … he says it 's like a racing driver steering while someone else has a foot on the accelerator …
28 ‘ It says it 's from the Editor . ’
29 ‘ Oh , it says it 's from the Editor .
30 Erm , on this paper I just wanted to ask you , erm , Simon says it 's from the erm , American agency , how many jobs , I , I would really like to know how much we spend , or how much is spent on trying to achieve jobs from American , from companies in America , and erm , how many jobs have been created ?
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