Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what would it be assuming your salary increases by , say , 5 or 10 per cent before you eventually retire ? |
| 2 | How must it be to tend your bit of land and sow crops and vegetables and perhaps rear animals , knowing you were building up a comfortable home and an inheritance for your children and then see your children taken and forced into slavery by the Robemaker ? |
| 3 | Directly behind it were Take Your Pick and The Krypton Factor . |
| 4 | I am confident you would : if it were to save my life I know you would , some of you , hazard your own . |
| 5 | Director and general manager said the company had to establish itself independently on its own manufacturing base if it were to realise its potential . |
| 6 | Her conscience said nothing , it felt as if it were holding its breath . |
| 7 | Statements by Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan ibn Abdel Aziz on Oct. 20 , and by King Fahd on Oct. 23 , caused some concern to the US government in particular because of the apparent suggestion that Iraq might be allowed to negotiate an advantageous realignment of its border with Kuwait if it were to abandon its occupation . |
| 8 | ‘ I wanted to say , you see , that I know you thought Frannie should n't have gone , and that it 's ruined your holiday plans , and , on behalf of us all , I 'm sorry . |
| 9 | It 's drowning my fan out ! |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose it 's become my life — my number one priority . ’ |
| 11 | No I tell you it 's wasting my time it 's a known problem |
| 12 | says she 's not very well , she 's got a thyroid infection , infection in her throat it 's affecting her stomach . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's affecting my health — I 'm very tired and irritable . ’ |
| 14 | so it 's getting your point across and achieving your objective |
| 15 | ‘ They have always said they will care for Jennifer completely , and until now they 've only allowed me to stand in for them , but it 's taking its toll . |
| 16 | You have only so many police officers you can use and it 's taking our eye off the ball , ’ he said . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's made my school friends very jealous , ’ says Philip . |
| 18 | Walton was scathing : ‘ All that hullabaloo about somebody 's net worth is just stupid , ’ he complained , ‘ and it 's made my life a lot more difficult . ’ |
| 19 | I made a bad mistake on my second lot of commercials — for Skol — by letting myself be persuaded by other people against my own instincts , so from then on I was very firm about what I wanted to do and what I was prepared to do , and it 's made my life easy . |
| 20 | Dennis Cunningham , joint managing director in a company which also has an extensive PR side , saw the need for a fuller client service some time ago and now it 's proving its worth to both the client and the company . |
| 21 | Apart from the switch from Cambridge light to Oxford dark blue — the first change to the logo for a quarter of a century — the Co-Op says it 's widened its product launch — and the aisles , to make things easier for those with prams or wheelchairs . |
| 22 | She 's recovering in hospital , and it 's believed her sight will be saved . |
| 23 | It 's believed her sight will be saved . |
| 24 | This , this train looks as if it 's sticking its tongue out . |
| 25 | The corporation thinks that , by selling its soul to Chris and John , it 's saved its life , but it has n't : the Tories will stuff the Beeb like they stuffed the Notts miners . |
| 26 | This snow will have cost you a small fortune in wasted hay by the time it thaws , but it was the right thing to do , it 's saved your stock . ’ |
| 27 | And I think it 's irritating my hip again you know ? |
| 28 | ‘ It 's crossed my mind . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , let's just say that it 's crossed your mind that maybe , maybe if you stay long enough in this place it 'll get to you in the same way as it got to me . |
| 30 | That it 's ruining their river and that mercury could wreck their lives . |