Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [be] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During a full meeting of the convention later , Councillor John Connolly , of Central Region and chairman of the COSLA water and sewerage committee , said that since a great deal had been heard about taking stock it was time Mr Lang faced up to the fact that he had completely lost the argument for privatised water and sewerage services , including a franchise arrangement . |
| 2 | ‘ Who 's that lying on the runway Who 's that lying in the snow It 's Matt Busby and his boys Making such a f***in noise cause they ca n't get the aeroplane to go ’ |
| 3 | THE title Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistlestop Cafe ( Columbia Tristar , PG , out now ) may be a bit of an unappetising mouthful but as a movie it is gourmet fare . |
| 4 | While Rush ended the night as the hero it was Paul Stewart who got Liverpool going . |
| 5 | Well after the , the aircraft had actually er left the airport to go , be handed back to the RAF they said sometimes had to be serviced or final adjustments made and that 's what they used to go out there for but erm Helliwells was ver it was still , all through the war it was Helliwells aircraft they used to have their own lorries and everything and they used to erm , be under the auspices of the Air Ministry but it was very much a private company . |
| 6 | In the Second World War it was Chiang Kai-shek 's lifeline . |
| 7 | Wonder what Charlotte 's passion will be by her next birthday , at the moment it 's Postman Pat . |
| 8 | For a moment it was Florence Nightingale speaking . |
| 9 | If anyone alive was not in need of cheek-roses at that moment it was Mr Cottle . |
| 10 | And what you said about mortgaging a school , how can a school mortgage it 's school premises if we 've already mortgaged it , with our eighty-five million borrowing , we 've already got half the schools in this county on a mortgage anyway . |
| 11 | Albert Hammond that is and er A Free Electric Band it 's Radio Nottingham it 's a quarter to one and er Action Line Action Line time now and er in a film Thelma and Louise that 's starter of the trend for stronger independent women if er you fancy a lift but want something a little less drastic then our Louise from the Action Line team is here today with something to tickle your fancy I 'm scared now I hope you 're not suggesting that er women take to their cars and mow down any unsuspecting male that gets in their way . |
| 12 | When they drew up beside the little band it was Alice Mair who opened the car door and spoke . |
| 13 | It 's the Old Wine Shop it 's Amington A M I N G T O N Oh it could be . |
| 14 | The Chairman of the Board and er You 've Got Me Dangling on a String it 's radio Nottingham it 's Geoff Owen here till two this afternoon . |
| 15 | Well in this bomb it 's potassium permanganate |
| 16 | In his day it was factory smoke , not petrol , |
| 17 | At the finish it was Mike Edwards from Wigan who presented the major threat and took second place . |
| 18 | Ian Balding , the winning trainer who sent out Mill Reef to win the Arc in 1971 , said : ‘ If ever a horse deserves to win a Group One race it is Silver Fling . |
| 19 | If there 's any chance it is placenta praevia , it could detach and cause a haemorrhage . |
| 20 | If there was anyone in the world who could match Marvin drink for drink it was Richard Burton . |
| 21 | They went to bed and when Lavinia woke in the night it was Timothy Gedge she thought of , not her lost child . |
| 22 | THE head went a long time ago , then it was the legs — but on Thursday night it was Martina Navratilova 's heart that had gone from her game . |
| 23 | last month it was winter cabbage |
| 24 | In local councils , in trade union movement it 's damage limitation , it , it 's stopping the worst of Tory legislation and policies , in particular C C Ts . |
| 25 | If that change can be put down to one man it is Bob Brett , who took over coaching duties from Balazs Taroczy in February last year . |
| 26 | As cellarer to the abbey it was Brother Oudart 's responsibility to manage these estates together with a staff of some 130 women and 20 men . |
| 27 | When I was a kid it was two-times table and the sharp edge of a ruler along your-arse if you did n't know them . |
| 28 | Oft let the Brush it 's Morning Task repeat ; |
| 29 | It 's Councillor it 's Councillor motion . |
| 30 | It 's wo it 's p It 's not actually sawdust it 's wood flour . |