Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [noun sg] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's great radio Mickey ! |
| 2 | Ken himself always said that it was a modernized version of the kind of radio entertainment that Tommy Handley had brought with his famous wartime comedy series , ITMA ( ‘ It 's That Man Again' ) . |
| 3 | NME 's punk enfant terrible Tony Parsons in 1992 : now it 's all Apple Mac and Armani , then it was chiefly amphetamine and aggression |
| 4 | Yes but to me it 's old stuff Brenda I mean I 've been hearing this kind of conversation in number between chaps coming in to mend things |
| 5 | It is no use us trying to clobber the economy with high taxation any more than it 's any use Lawson clobbering the economy with high interest rates … |
| 6 | It 's difficult finding Siobhan . |
| 7 | It is unlike East London , where over the last ten or twenty years the heart has been torn out of manufacturing industry in the docks and with it has gone traditional working-class organisation . |
| 8 | ‘ It is not my window , it is that good-for-nothing Sunil 's window . ’ |
| 9 | Both Hallamshire and Queen 's are also represented in the final four of the women 's competition , but it is Long Road Cambridge who go into the semis as top seeds , with players of the calibre of Amanda Brown , a former Wightman Club player , and ex-Queen 's No. 2 Judy Rich — who appeared in last season 's inaugural women 's Grand finals for the London club — setting the pace . |
| 10 | It is listed grade I. |
| 11 | fucking laugh , so I said to her no I said it is this week Julie I said and it 's towards the end of the week but I 'll ring you by the weekend and let you know , well of course come the Thursday morning I have n't seen Val , and I was ever so upset because it really the end of the line money wise , I could n't do any more |
| 12 | It is high time Eubank put on another world-class performance , but opponents such as Gimenez simply do n't fire him up enough to produce his best . |
| 13 | It is obtainable form Dr Louis Turner , Royal Institute of International Affairs , 10 , St James 's Square , London . |
| 14 | Andy Partner appeared as a second half substitute for fellow youth team centre-half Paul Flowers , but it was second substitute Steve Ball who was quickest into the action . |
| 15 | When they wanted to stop the investment programme , it was managing director Malcolm Cotton who fought for the idea . |
| 16 | The huge black desk was flanked by a complicated system of telephones and intercoms ; on the top of it was one platinum de Chavigny pen and one plain white folder . |
| 17 | Ironically it was part-time spinner Aamir Sohail who pulled the rug from under England by dismissing Ian Botham for 40 and Trent Bridge destroyer Graeme Hick for just eight . |
| 18 | It was that Southeast Asia was ‘ the target of a co-ordinated offensive plainly directed by the Kremlin ’ . |
| 19 | Everton 's crisp passing bewildered Tottenham , and it was that fellow Beardsley running the show . |
| 20 | But it was new boy Matt who put the gloss on Oxford 's performance . |
| 21 | In his view it was high time ASEAN made a serious study of proclaiming Southeast Asia a nuclear-free zone as a first step towards implementing the zone concept . |
| 22 | But this time it was hard word Mr Dakin responded to my sallies on the weather , cricket and the price of milk with a series of grunts . |
| 23 | If — hairbrush microphones in hand — they were not pretending to be Abba , it was Welsh star Bonnie Tyler who was the inspiration for their unenthusiastic warblings . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps it was this bloke Kennedy she was supposed to be meeting . |
| 25 | ‘ He must tell the judiciary that it was this accountant Morris who abused the trust the firm showed in him . ’ |
| 26 | In a slowly run race , it was older brother Morley Street who quickened the better on the run-in to land the Elite Hurdle . |
| 27 | And it was German-born midfielder Thomas Dooley , goalscorer in the upset 2–0 win over England , who was the American hero again with two goals against the nation who ignored him . |