Example sentences of "it [be] that [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's that Ripper bloke they 're all going on about . |
| 2 | People around me stated ‘ Oh hell , it 's that poncy twat from The Smiths that loves flowers . ’ |
| 3 | It 's that back yard . |
| 4 | It 's that let's-get-on-with-it expression . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's that bastard Nazi who 's trapped . ’ |
| 6 | It 's on look , it 's that colour lipstick |
| 7 | Cos when he knocked on door and I thought oh I wonder if it 's that parcel midi hi-fi system I 'm |
| 8 | Unless it 's that cooker thing , I think her cooker 's there . |
| 9 | It 's that Mayday bank holiday . |
| 10 | Beneath it there 's a Sun cartoon of a chap being polled on his doorstep : ‘ I think Kinnock is marvellous , ’ he says , ‘ it 's that windbag husband of hers I ca n't stand . ’ ) |
| 11 | It 's that masking tape bloody company again in er , Newcastle |
| 12 | ‘ It 's that kangaroo juice he puts in the engine , ’ Terry teased her after she had started from outside the house in a series of jumps . |
| 13 | It 's that ballet dancer . |
| 14 | When she had finished she said to Piers , to hide her confusion , ‘ I — I always think how odd it is that turtle soup does n't taste of turtle . ’ |
| 15 | there are advantages erm and quite honestly if erm er the way I put it is that salary company car and BUPA and all that sort of thing |
| 16 | Although it was never stated so baldly , one implication of the Samuelson-Solow and Lipsey approach is that , since is the target rate of unemployment , it is , in essence , the full employment rate of unemployment : it is that unemployment rate which the authorities regard as attainable , sustainable and , taking the good with the bad , ‘ correct ’ . |
| 17 | It was that phone call that sent me up the cul-de-sac . |
| 18 | ‘ It was that truck driver who was intent on murder , ’ Monica interjected grimly . |
| 19 | But rapture it was that Saturday afternoon in the spring of 1990 when Ian McGeechan 's tartan lads won the Grand Slam , the Triple Crown , the Calcutta Cup and the hearts of all of us numb with tear-stained joy in the stands and terracings of Murrayfield . |
| 20 | It was that murder mystery thing on last night was n't it ? |
| 21 | Thus it was that youth unemployment brought about , or at the very least greatly hastened , ‘ the new FE ’ , and with it the spread of courses for students with moderate learning difficulties . |