Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh he said I said it 's six weeks ' that she 's been here . |
| 2 | Erm well I 'm in the scheme , the company pension scheme and I think they give er I think it 's six months ' full pay and six months ' half pay . |
| 3 | ‘ By the time my sheep are lambing , ’ Small says , ‘ the foxes are probably glad of a change of diet : it 's 11 months ' pork from the pig unit next door , then one month 's lamb . ’ |
| 4 | It 's two minutes ' walk across the Park from the sombre baronial building where he has his office ; there 's no point in not living centrally now the children are away at school . |
| 5 | It 's two days ' journey to London by horse , and Will talked all the way . |
| 6 | ‘ In two months ’ time , but it 's two weeks ' journey and |
| 7 | Cottage cheese is granular as it is skimmed cows ' milk curds , drained and washed before being coated in a very thin cream . |
| 8 | It is several critics ' testimony that John 's awakening re-awakens the reader to John 's sleeping presence ( or , rather , immanence ) . |
| 9 | so that day at erm , it was two weeks ' time that day erm tt , think is on er Robocop |
| 10 | It was good boys ' stuff — the hero always scoring the winning goal , hit or try . |