Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then we 'll know it 's the shell under there , can you ? |
| 2 | I did n't know it was the duvet duvet . |
| 3 | ‘ How did you know it was the motorbike service ? ’ |
| 4 | Especially if under clothing it 's got fifty quid , you can assume it 's the chap |
| 5 | ‘ And , ’ I went on , ‘ I 'd assume it was the person who killed Angela Brickell who wanted to fix the blame for ever on Harry by making him disappear , only … ’ |
| 6 | One reason he thinks he can do it is the help he 's had over the past six weeks of intensive Lilleshall training from England 's newly-installed bowling coach , the former Surrey and Sussex star Geoff Arnold . |
| 7 | i it 's not being done through okay let's seize land , let's redistribute land and then we 'll do it 's the reverse . |
| 8 | He added : ‘ I believe Manchester is an injured party — I do not believe it is the fault of the city . |
| 9 | Police do not believe it was the work of Colombian drug lords Photograph ( omitted ) : |
| 10 | If I did , can I claim it was the drug ? ’ |
| 11 | Let Him Have It is the case history of an outrageous miscarriage of justice . |
| 12 | Basically it 's two things coming together and becoming more than their whole , you 've got two things two people working together producing more than what two people can produce it 's the relationship that produces that extra little bit more . |
| 13 | Last year was erm , an additional twenty thousand pounds at the last moment , chickenfeed for the big committees , that 's the annoying thing , but what particularly annoys me , and I have to say this , I 'll express it is the knowledge that what can be a phenomenal deprivation to this Committee , goes very , very , very little towards solving the major problems that this county faces , it does n't have a tremendous impact . |
| 14 | There 's is a vital lifeline … but they hope that more stray bullets wo n't mean it 's the end of the line . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't forget it 's the middle of the night to a Slattery . |
| 16 | ‘ When he [ Mr Baker ] reflects on it , he will realise it is the kind of remark that , even in the heat of an election campaign , was not really worthy of him , and I think John Major will want to step away from that . ’ |
| 17 | I mean he can go it 's the bus that ca n't . |
| 18 | And if there 's one thing I ca n't stand it 's the smell of curry . |
| 19 | But I do n't think it 's the will of the people , it 's sold to them . |
| 20 | Actually , I do n't think it 's the word Gary just the Letters G.A.R.Y . |
| 21 | I do n't think it 's the majority , you 're wrong there . |
| 22 | cos I do n't think it 's the problem of a erm a safety record I think it 's the perceived |
| 23 | Do you think it 's the drink that 's doing that ? |
| 24 | The British commander who has to bring his team through the desert in Ice Cold in Alex ( 1958 ) seems hysterical and incompetent by comparison with the Dutch South African who accompanies them but is working for the Germans ; and the message of Ealing 's Dunkirk ( 1958 ) is summarized in one character 's closing statement , ‘ Somebody 's made a muck of it but I do n't think it 's the army . ’ |
| 25 | But I 'm unlikely to do the New York Marathon in any case , because I 'm very much a rhythm runner , and I do n't think it 's the course for me . |
| 26 | Do you think it 's the change of life that 's me ? |
| 27 | D' you think it 's the wheel of fortune ? |
| 28 | ‘ I do have a reputation but I do n't think it 's the language that 's the problem as much as the subjects . |
| 29 | She 'll think it 's the food . ’ |
| 30 | I do n't think it 's the sort of thing that can be explained unless you can understand it without explanation . |