Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The seasons are reluctant to let go in the North of England and , although it was early May , Nora wore her winter coat . |
| 2 | ‘ But getting back to your question , what I really wanted from this album was for anyone who hears it to say they like it or they do n't like it , but that it 's pure Steve Harley . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 're telling me that it 's official Coutts policy to bounce a cheque on one of the ten biggest private companies in Britain ? ’ |
| 4 | Not that it was young Mr Gotobed 's fault , his father was alive then , and in charge of the mine , but Mr Evans says all that family was tarred with the same brush , only thinking of profits . |
| 5 | They 'd been typed on an old portable with a faded ribbon , so badly laid out that it was obvious Diane was no typist . |
| 6 | There were so few possessions or comforts in the room that it was clear Mr Sikes had met hard times . |
| 7 | ‘ So it 's old Ted ? ’ |
| 8 | Well , Gain has reportedly just snared a porting pact with IBM to move its software to the RS/6000 and once it 's ready IBM will apparently co-market the stuff worldwide especially to users with mission critical distributed applications . |
| 9 | Once it was clear Mr Smith had wiped the floor with the Premier , Mellor was used for what one Tory called his ‘ last good deed ’ . |
| 10 | There it has barbed wire around it it 's made of wood and it 's long Rita . |
| 11 | Oh dear , and it 's early Saturday yet . |
| 12 | There had never been trouble between her and them and it 's unlikely Mr Johnson knew them . |
| 13 | And it 's funny Jenny , you know me auntie she went er cos she wanted to go round , Laura goes up not next September , September after |
| 14 | Well if I read it and it 's wrong Catherine , it 's your fault . |
| 15 | Add to Minder and Van der Valk the likes of Dad 's Army and Edge of Darkness and it is clear BSkyB 's Sky One will have some rethinking to do . |
| 16 | In a room full of fluffy toys , she opens her scrapbook and it is pre-war Paris where she danced the can-can and was photographed in cafes with sleepy-eyed men and cigarette smoke . |
| 17 | Paris is a fascinating place , one of the best in the world , and it is frightening New York a lot . |
| 18 | And it was obvious Frontenac had not . |
| 19 | If it is windy Tracey will not risk taking him on the roads , and instead exercises him in the school , but she never jumps him . |
| 20 | If it is Royal Doulton , Bill McMahon of auctioneers and valuers Outhwaite and Litherland thinks its value is somewhere between £15 and £20 . |
| 21 | If it 's mean Mr Mayor to put those in greatest need first , I 'm happy to plead guilty . |
| 22 | If it 's photocopied Paul , she did n't write it down for each one of you did she ? |
| 23 | If it 's empty Anthony you can throw that in the bin |
| 24 | It was 20 June when they went back , all Goblander 's windows open , the weather being perfect the way you expected it to be that summer , as if it were southern Europe where you woke up each morning to sunshine and unclouded skies . |
| 25 | But it is Western Europe that will prove the toughest test for Europe 's biggest banks . |
| 26 | But it is magnificent Martin Shaw who steals the glory as Sir Robert 's close friend , the philandering playboy Lord Goring . |
| 27 | He told them time was running out , but it is clear Milosevic , boosted by his recent election victory , is determined to spread the war and his power . |
| 28 | Yeah but it 's crafty Ange . |
| 29 | Ibanez but it 's pronounced Ibania |
| 30 | ‘ But it 's early October ! ’ |