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

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1 well not exact , obviously , I 'm not saying you remembered if it was a Tuesday morning or a Wednesday afternoon , but he gave you instructions according to Mr in February nineteen eighty seven , would it be about that time that you learnt of the instructions ?
2 So , ’ she enquired haughtily , putting down her coffee-mug with a flourish , ‘ would it be too much trouble to ask for the number of the nearest garage ?
3 ‘ Would it be too much trouble , ’ she enquired sarcastically , ‘ to tell me exactly where we 'll be this time tomorrow ? ’
4 it used to be known as it was a war do , war factory but you cut them open it were nearly all casing .
5 ‘ The damage that has been done in the pursuit of production is the direct result of treating farming as if it were simply another business ’ BRIAN REDHEAD
6 That is the direct result of treating farming as if it were simply another business .
7 No it were n't that aisle .
8 That 's still there now , cos they used to take it up there and dump it when it were n't any good .
9 It were just that quality of life .
10 It 's yet another refinement to Arena rock and possibly another step further from the fans .
11 It 's yet another incident of car crime in the County and we 're treating it very seriously .
12 Police say it 's yet another example of young people putting their own lives in jeopardy .
13 So it 's yet another argument that you know everybody 's got their legitimate view on and erm at the end of the day there 's actually likely to be less money in the pot rather than more .
14 Erm I think it 's probably that infection that I had er
15 It 's probably that face pack you put on , ’ Alexandra said .
16 By the way the lot of seemed to be played in Hertfordshire these days , and one of the great days is at Harpenden and that 's on September the first on Sunday , when they have their annual single-wicket competition , and that 's a great local event and it 's bound to encourage all the young cricketers in the neighbourhood , they 're trying to make up for the lack of cricket in schools , so well done Harpenden and that is on Sunday next , er , er , first of September and I 'll give you the time in a minute if I can find it , when it is , it does n't say , but it 's probably all day at the Harpenden club , well done Harpenden encouraging young people to play cricket , Sunday first September .
17 It 's probably all rubbish . ’
18 No , he 's not sure , he do n't think it is that h he 's he 's gon na cut the gas , he said it 's not right the er central heating pumps are well hot , he said it should n't be like that so he to there 's a little box up there he thinks it 's probably this box but he 's he 's trying to figure out what it is up there because he 's he 's just such amazed at price of pieces
19 You know , when all I 've ever known is plus is this way , negative this way , it 's either that way or that way , you know .
20 It 's not all dockside talk ? ’
21 But it 's not all comedy , I think he 's trying to show a more serious side to his acting . ’
22 And it 's not all honey , starting somewhere at six in the morning if you live eight or nine miles off .
23 If working five days a week on Neighbours for two years was tough , her schedule on Delinquents really proved it 's not all glamour in the movie-making business either .
24 I would just like to say that erm , it 's not all gloom and doom !
25 The course gives advice on a range of subjects : town gardens , metalwork , stucco and door furniture , but it 's not all classwork .
26 It 's not all misery .
27 It 's not all parking tickets and queue-jumping .
28 It 's not all rose and no thorns , I can assure you .
29 It 's not all sunshine and roses , Mrs Worthington , but as long as she has her eyes open , your daughter should give it a try .
30 But it 's not all death and destruction , there is the usual Williams sense of humour there .
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