Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] it [adv] [be] " in BNC.

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1 With great doubt in these facts I felt I could not eat it ; either because it was an illusion or it perhaps was dangerous or poisonous in some way .
2 ‘ Oh , and Miss Hardbroom , I 've just remembered , there is a frog in the pond and it really is someone under enchantment .
3 Oblige , like force , evokes more than merely producing an effect and it too is followed by the to infinitive : ( 164 ) … servants , whom he had obliged to accompany him .
4 Yeah as I say , that unit trust thing I was I know it 's not the safest investment but it never was the safest investment .
5 This can be a killer but it really is good for you .
6 Erm well I tried for years to live with my second husband and it just was impossible !
7 The foal 's legs still seemed too long for its body and it still was not sure where the four of them were going , but this did not deter it from frisking about .
8 An Ards spokesman said today ; ‘ Had the date been April 1 we would have understood the joke but it simply is n't funny . ’
9 ‘ My mother thought it was a safe job but it just was n't for me . ’
10 I watched the Leeds game on Saturday night on Match of the Day and it certainly was for Norwich .
11 We found it buried in the grass and it obviously been put there deliberately to maim .
12 The point being made is that although it is ultimately envisaged that the EC will be similar to the USA with each member country being akin to a state and it even being billed as the ‘ United States of Europe ’ , is it a reality when one considers differences in attitude , culture , language and even religion ?
13 Er now , on another topic , I will go back to the idea of regulation later , you 'll see that life expectancy is obviously important and er when you 're looking at retirement I mean it 's always been described as the longest holiday of your life and it certainly is that , and life expectancy is rising all the time , these figures have actually been superseded .
14 And I think well what do they put in this type of thing and it really was n't that good was it ?
15 er it 's an event held in The Gallery and er we have got er ski experts coming er , equipment people ; we have got the latest ski simulator coming down from Dorset , which enables people to actually get inside and it takes you down the Val de Zere er no , yes , takes you down the Val de Zere downhill and it really is quite impressive .
16 And if it was n't , My goodness it was a job when it come wet weather and it maybe be lying flat and it all had to be set up , and we had stooks for days .
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