Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could it be that pre-war Britain was characterised by law-abiding youth and stability ? |
| 2 | The air was heavy with thick , herbal smells , as though it were already late June ; the water-mint and marjoram , not yet flowering , gave off scent from their leaves and here and there an early meadow-sweet stood in bloom . |
| 3 | and it were n't bad Friday but it 's come on again now |
| 4 | I suppose it 's remotely possible Clare was romantically involved with Jack Cornelius , although it does n't say much for my powers of observation that I was unaware of it , but it 's equally possible Rex Cunningham has simply jumped to the wrong conclusion : he was ever one to do that . |
| 5 | ‘ So far as I can see it 's practically certain Mr Merrivale was in there with her early on in the night , ’ said Ethel . |
| 6 | It 's probably little Sarah . |
| 7 | It 's not golden June , of course — in 1974 it 's still March , and dark , but the curtains of the ground-floor rooms are open and the lights are on . |
| 8 | It 's not funny Kaley . |
| 9 | Cos it 's not old Bassett now , this is what it 's all about . |
| 10 | It 's not big Jean . |
| 11 | It 's not crap Charlotte that 's what happened . |
| 12 | It 's not Pink Floyd . |
| 13 | it 's nearly empty Jeff |
| 14 | I suppose it 's just possible Hunter-Blair had a motive as well as an opportunity . |
| 15 | It 's just possible Mr Deputy Speaker , it 's just possible I may not be selected for all kinds of reasons but if I was selected it might at least give the people of that lovely part of the world the chance of having the referendum they never had over Maastricht because of the shameful way in which the Labour party was not willing to allow the people to have their say on that vital issue . |
| 16 | It 's just stupid Francis ! |
| 17 | Develop will be erm , shown , but it is not about running it 's about medieval Shrewsbury , many towns have these , the Yorvik one 's been spectacularly successful , and has been copied in places like Canterbury for those that saw Songs of Praise last night , with even , erm , it is evident that this will be a new visitor attraction for the town with a generation of jobs , permanent jobs in , in that er , facility , it will improve the erm , appearance of main entrance into the town centre , very important in terms of attracting other people in the future , unfortunately the Borough Council have n't quite got enough money , or they tell us . |
| 18 | But it 's as well Mrs Abberley made a clean breast of it when she did , especially since the tape recording confirms — so she tells me — the existence of the letters which … which has been called into question in certain quarters . ’ |
| 19 | And it 's quite obvious Charles |
| 20 | So I said it 's quite alright Mr , we 're not very well off in Salisbury Park but we do possess a carafe and that holds three . |
| 21 | Mm ah just lost the name of the place , but it 's quite near Peter |
| 22 | Nex anyway it 's quite near Portsmouth and we heard that the first Queen Elizabeth ship , they do n't say it 's the first but they call this one the Q E Two but there was a Q E One , you see at one time and so we took a coach from there to Southampton because we heard that she was in dock there and so we went and there were crowds of people and all in a queue waiting to go in . |
| 23 | Yes , well it 's , it 's the classic Muslim Christian Frontier , you know , it 's like Southern Spain in the middle ages and so on , you know . |
| 24 | He 's only said these things , sort of , trying out to see because he does n't he does n't know if very much , oh it 's so sad Brenda , he said to me we were talking on Wednesday night , I think and he looked wistfully at me and he said I only want to be taught . |
| 25 | Andy Peart risks rectal ructions to find out that it 's only genial John Peel , ‘ that bloke ’ from the radio with a million of records that none of us have ever heard of … |
| 26 | Andy Peart risks rectal ructions to find out that it 's only genial John Peel , ‘ that bloke ’ from the radio with a million of records that none of us have ever heard of … |
| 27 | Futch , 82 next birthday and a father figure among America 's great boxing trainers , is the man who calls the shots in heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe 's gym , and it 's now certain Wayne will box in a down-the-card role when Bowe defends his world title in either Washington or Atlantic City two months from now . |
| 28 | I suppose it 's remotely possible Clare was romantically involved with Jack Cornelius , although it does n't say much for my powers of observation that I was unaware of it , but it 's equally possible Rex Cunningham has simply jumped to the wrong conclusion : he was ever one to do that . |
| 29 | It 's too bad John von Neumann is n't alive any more . |
| 30 | Well I think it 's very important Robert because , I mean as the charter for the arts indicated look at the money that local authorities are spending upstairs to us and really you know we , we are |