Example sentences of "[subord] 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 | ‘ So it 's old Ted ? ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If it is Royal Doulton , Bill McMahon of auctioneers and valuers Outhwaite and Litherland thinks its value is somewhere between £15 and £20 . |
| 7 | If it 's mean Mr Mayor to put those in greatest need first , I 'm happy to plead guilty . |
| 8 | If it 's photocopied Paul , she did n't write it down for each one of you did she ? |
| 9 | If it 's empty Anthony you can throw that in the bin |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I 've never seen anyone so astonished unless it was dear Beryl . |
| 12 | When stardom struck , he was already in his thirties , the hair showed signs of receding and because it was brown Beatty taught him a trick with make-up shadow that reduced the emphasis of an enlarged forehead . |
| 13 | His ‘ unconditional ’ release , by which it is understood he will be able to operate freely in politics , represents a risk for Mr de Klerk , since it is clear Mr Sisulu will have a capacity to generate mass political gatherings , as well as give a revitalised direction to anti-apartheid politics . |
| 14 | he said he did n't know whether it was Pink Floyd |
| 15 | Before it was light Chola had lit a fire , and was frying puris and boiling a small pan of rice for Sigarup to eat before he left . |
| 16 | simply because the roads were better that side , when it was Northern Rhodesia |
| 17 | He 'd explained that his sister was on the pumps at the Smiling Service Filling Station , even though it was Good Friday . |
| 18 | Though it was Edwardian England and though Harriet was the sort of upper-class child who would normally have been corseted with convention , Mrs Buckingham 's resolve collapsed after her husband 's death . |
| 19 | For though it was true Maurice had brought it upon himself , he had also brought it upon her . |
| 20 | twelve months so it 's as long as it 's broad John . |
| 21 | as long as it 's clean Jimmy that 's it , the main thing is n't it ? |
| 22 | He turned his head lazily and smiled before standing up and explaining that as it was Good Friday his mother had gone to church with some old friends and was likely to have dinner with them as well . |
| 23 | This is a salutary warning , for it is said Mount Kenya claims as many as half the cases of pulmonary oedema in the world each year . |