Example sentences of "it be [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where 's it been all these years ? |
| 2 | Knowing what you 'd like to say and actually having the courage to come right out with it are two different things . |
| 3 | Wedged so tight against the bottom of the last page that I can hardly read it are four handwritten words that make my heart leap : ‘ Yours sincerely , Elizabeth Serafin' . |
| 4 | On it were small framed photographs of the Emperor , the Prince Imperial , her sister and her mother , as well as other friends and relations . |
| 5 | Parts of it were eight hundred years old , the basements were half-filled with fine sand and whatever lived there , lived alone . |
| 6 | The litter on the kitchen table had been pushed back to leave a clear corner on which a cloth , clean but creased , had been laid , and on it were two unmatching plates and two cups which bore no relation in design or size , to their saucers . |
| 7 | Next to it were two old barns and in the confusion , myself and an Italian recruit , Gionesca , were ordered to go and find wood for a fire . |
| 8 | Dangling from it were two thin cords to be tied at the back . |
| 9 | Near it were two smaller barges , being made ready to make the short journey upriver to Edfu to collect another load of sandstone . |
| 10 | Would n't mind if it were both bloody sides but it 's only one . |
| 11 | Well that int true , I could find one and it were twenty seven pounds fifty so I left it was , full of pretty pictures ! |
| 12 | Among those who voted against it were some closeted gays : if there was to be a purge , they did not wish to be among the victims . |
| 13 | Now it 's twelve French loaves , burnt and rasped , whatever that means . |
| 14 | Okay , so that should come to four hundred and twenty there , you could look at it this this way , it 's six hundred times , the one lot of six hundred |
| 15 | So it 's six hundred times , what does one take away nought point three come from , to , one point one point nought , take away nought point three , we 'll try it on here , one point nought take away nought point three , I mean , most of the time you would be actually using the |
| 16 | Essentially it 's 280,000 square feet of shopping ; variety stores , a major departmental store . |
| 17 | So if you have a thousand kilo pallet it 's fifteen thousand pounds . |
| 18 | So transfer of germs to the vagina does happen — and it 's possible those germs might lead to vaginal discharge . |
| 19 | I believe it 's four hundred pounds . |
| 20 | No it 's four hundred gallons , it 's , it 's , it 's , they do n't like to take any more than that because of the , the weight of water , it 's quite heavy er although they have one special equipment here again one of these roll-on roll-off ones , which is a water tank equipment , and er it carries about a thousand gallons or two thousand gallons of water , er in a tank , water tank and that if you are very short of water will be sent on as well to boost up water supplies in a particular area , so erm that was another one of these pods that we , we designed and , and put on the run . |
| 21 | Well it 's five hundred pounds , so it 's worth a try . |
| 22 | Since we had to renew so much of the timber , we thought we would turn that to good account , rather than trying to We do n't want it to look as if it 's five hundred years old . |
| 23 | It 's five hundred years since Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World , but the new ROSE is another achievement not to be sniffed at … because it has stripes . |
| 24 | It 's five hundred francs . |
| 25 | Fine ash furnishings and an elegant/contemporary theme are consistent throughout this spacious yacht with it 's five double staterooms . |
| 26 | Well that 's a bit awkward so pretend it 's thirty six times ten . |
| 27 | I mean this coal tip is is n't going to be based on what I said a moment or two ago with it 's thirty million tons of coal covering nearly three hundred and fifty acres a bit of a monster . |
| 28 | It 's thirty eight overs so I mean they 've got another twelve overs yet . |
| 29 | So it 's thirty five minutes . |
| 30 | It 's thirty five feet tall , seven hundred years old and measures forty two and half feet around its trunk . |