Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the poem progressed farther in the mind than on paper , and all that survives of it are some verse fragments describing the distant wail of swallows and seagulls , water dripping one Sunday from the miller 's wheel ( perhaps at Kilve ) , the snow blown curling from a wood ‘ like pillars of cottage smoke ’ , and a wild Quantock pony racing in the wind . |
| 2 | There is an entrance hall of perfect proportions , which is twice as long as it is square , and leading off it are three reception rooms of great height and elegance . |
| 3 | Could it be that Sun Microsystems Inc president Scott McNealy 's voice is being heard this side of the Atlantic , after he reportedly told Novell Inc 's Ray Noorda to fire everyone at Unix System Labs except a handful of marketing guys and the engineers ? |
| 4 | Around it were two steel chairs with putrid white plastic on the seats . |
| 5 | Tied to it were two speed boats , a smack and a power boat equipped for deep-sea fishing . |
| 6 | Sir , if you do come to the view , however , that one or both of these sites may have some as it were residual greenbelt functions , then we ask you to bear in mind the matters raised , in particular Mrs 's appendix nine , about the need in the longer term , that is , beyond two thousand and six in particular , for a strategic reserve . |
| 7 | It 's a high-risk enterprise for us to , to pontificate about local radio , particularly as we have three as it were local radio representatives here , and we shall give them ample opportunity to confirm or deny the sort of things we 're saying . |
| 8 | and I went in shop I said a sack of dog food I said German Shepherd and got it home and I thought this looks different , it were ginormous chunk things in it and he were going ptew , ptew and they were all over garden |
| 9 | Since then the pubs passed down through sons , daughters , cousins and nephews to it 's present day owners . |
| 10 | I mean if there are two or three days off during that or one day off you take for instance , as long as it 's fifteen working days . |
| 11 | This is the stain that you get , it 's , it 's black showing vessels . |
| 12 | It 's five league games without a win now . |
| 13 | At least that way I shall feel more confident that it 's Labour Party members and supporters who are selecting candidates and electing the leader and deputy leader of the Labour Party and not a Liberal or Tory trade unionist who happens to be paying the political levy . |
| 14 | " It 's great being friends with you , " he said . |
| 15 | The same things that were promised for the gas , electricity and water , but in rel reality the only section to gain are the fat cats at the top who have recently been given it 's obscene pay increases . |
| 16 | It 's fourteen year olds is n't it ? |
| 17 | It 's one shot wonders and weird groups that come and go in the bat of an eye — this strange serendipity that happens . ’ |
| 18 | It 's one shot wonders and weird groups that come and go in the bat of an eye — this strange serendipity that happens . ’ |
| 19 | It 's all evening weekends you know . |
| 20 | shorthand it 's all shorthand notes . |
| 21 | Another , a business woman , often under considerable pressure , managed to come to an arrangement with her voluble but good-humoured mother , that she could terminate any of their telephone conversations speedily if necessary , without giving offence , simply by saying , ‘ Well , I 'm afraid it 's all action stations here now , so I 'll have to say goodbye ’ ; and it worked remarkably well . |
| 22 | In Salvador , it 's all death squads , guerilleros , sombreros . |
| 23 | Well I mean it 's , this it 's patrol , it 's two patrol tents in particular that I 'm looking at , if they 've got some decent er scout tents |
| 24 | So it 's good exam skills . |
| 25 | My Dad s always talking about trying a windmill , but he 's never managed it yet , so it 's home-made tallow candles in the winter , to save the electricity . |
| 26 | It 's a great big , it 's little snack bars everywhere and they 've got the Italian and the Chinese and then they 've got the |
| 27 | It 's different time groups . |
| 28 | We 're a school choir — if there are many youth choirs , who can draw from several schools around the area there then the chances of our getting anywhere are slim but if it 's large school choirs then I think we probably do stand a fair chance . |
| 29 | The study , dubbed the UI Windows NT versus Desktop Unix Comparison and available in October , also throws stones at NT 's preliminary ( and hence dicey ) character and it 's hefty hardware requirements . |
| 30 | I think it 's single sex boys ' schools that are the problem . |