Example sentences of "it [be] new [noun] 's " in BNC.

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1 The flight from London was quite tolerable — it took about 12 hours , but the plane was nearly empty , it being New Year 's day , and I could even try to get some sleep by lying full length across four seats .
2 IT 'S New Year 's Eve and you can barely look at food , let alone spend another day preparing a mountain of it for tonight 's hungry party guests .
3 ‘ Look , Mr Kelly , it 's New Year 's Eve .
4 But not only that I mean it 's New Year 's Eve , everybody else is bloody getting drunk and enjoying themselves and you 're stuck doing the bloody bar .
5 We were less than a hundred miles away from Adrar , and it was New Year 's Eve .
6 Of course — it was New Year 's Eve .
7 It was New Year 's Eve and the midnight sky was still bright : Punta Arenas is at 53°S , and although on a similar longitude to Halifax has been shunted , by Professor Dowd 's descendants , into the same time zone as New York — all of which means that it stays light for a great deal longer than in most cities , and we celebrated the coming of the New Year in almost broad daylight .
8 It was New Year 's Eve and he had arranged to spend it with Kate .
9 But it was New Year 's Eve , and all the roads were busy tonight .
10 It was New Year 's Eve .
11 It was New Year 's Day , Bank Holiday , but , bizarrely , for her a working day .
12 And she said I 'm , I 'm I 'm not staying she said , I think it was New Year 's Eve , she said I 'm walking out so I might have no job , so I 've not seen her since , so Madge said she 's still there , that 's in Altrincham int it ?
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