Example sentences of "it be [det] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he will rend the plans in twain , what with it being such a nice pub and all , and the lads not laughing at his poncey suit . |
| 2 | But with it being such a common name … ’ |
| 3 | It 's all a bloody money making racket . |
| 4 | Okay , just about it now Okay , gon na ask each group what marks they 've given and why , now it 's not for the other team to justify it because it 's all a subjective thing but the thing is we 're hopefully marking them against the same criteria as everybody else because we 've all been in the same place and listened to the same things and read the same things , however , now we know obviously it does n't necessarily mean that everybody 's taken in the same things . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's all a confusing mess at the moment , ’ confessed an executive of one of the companies involved . |
| 6 | It 's all a long way since his early acting days on the stage in the late Seventies which culminated in playing Lady MacDuff in an all-male production of Macbeth in Glasgow . |
| 7 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |
| 8 | It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career . |
| 9 | It 's all a long time ago now of course . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , it 's all a long way off , ’ Joanna said cheerfully . |
| 11 | It 's all a far cry from the days when Jason and Howard were on £40 a week YTS schemes , Gary was touring the cabaret circuit , and Robbie and Mark were still wondering what career direction to take . |
| 12 | It 's all a far cry from Harry Ramsden senior 's original restaurant — a humble green and white hut at the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales . |
| 13 | It 's all a far cry from a year ago when after sitting in beside Fisher on a pre-Donegal test day , he suggested he might as well not start the rally . |
| 14 | It 's all a far cry from the last time they were at Heathrow — that was in July when they returned to Russia after a three-month holiday in Worcestershire . |
| 15 | It 's all a far cry from June 1987 when Margaret Thatcher was returned to power with a handsome majority of 101 seats , although it was down on the 1983 win . |
| 16 | It 's all a chemical reaction . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's all a confounded puzzle . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It 's all a terrible mistake , ’ he told his audience . |
| 19 | It 's all a welcome boost for Cowley after all the redundancies , the 3,000 jobs here now are safe , say Rover , who announced that contracts worth £236 million have been sealed . |
| 20 | There 's seven pence on the table , now take ten away , must be mad , yeah , so , anyway , we do n't like saying we ca n't do it , in maths , so we pretend we can , and we work out this complete new system , it 's all a game really , it 's all a silly game |
| 21 | And I mean I know the screens are flickering in the Halifax and the Bradford and Bingley e even as we speak , and they do this fabulous analysis , you know you can see that to , to go for the repayment is not as efficient as the endowment , but it 's all a theoretical exercise . |
| 22 | The it 's all a blind anyway those rags he goes round in ! |
| 23 | Richard muttered an affirmation , his gaze firmly fixed on the spotless grey carpet , and then , feeling obliged to speak up in Murray 's cause , added , ‘ I 'm sure it 's all a dreadful chapter of accidents , sir . |
| 24 | Now under house arrest , she says it 's all a dreadful mistake . |
| 25 | — It 's all a big con . |
| 26 | It 's all a big con of course , a superficial ploy to appear as if Wrangler is swinging with the new crowd and responding to a new ozone-friendly political climate . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's all a big secret . ’ |
| 28 | They seem to think it 's all a big scam between Gilles and his mates , but it 's more of an understanding of where we 're coming from . ’ |
| 29 | She thinks it 's all a big game . |
| 30 | It 's all a big con . ’ |