Example sentences of "it 's [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Look , Blanche , I know it 's all a mess .
2 It 's all a mistake , ’ he said , trying to follow , as the mother slammed the door .
3 And if it 's all a mistake , there 'll be no harm done and no shooting .
4 He longed to protest , ‘ It 's all a mistake !
5 It 's all a mistake . ’
6 It 's all a mistake of calculation from when the government nationalised further education .
7 And , ’ he insisted threateningly , when it seemed she might find her voice to make some vigorous protest , ‘ if you value your job , which I 'm sure you do , you wo n't breathe a word to him that it 's all a put-up affair . ’
8 It crossed her mind that perhaps she should , despite her employer 's ‘ … if you value your job , you wo n't breathe a word to him that it 's all a put-up affair ’ , explain some of it to Travis .
9 It 's all a phoney .
10 Cullam said again , ‘ It 's all a lie . ’
11 people criticise this style and say it 's all a lie , they take one quick look in through the door and they say that we are all acting madly to conceal some great sadness from ourselves .
12 I wish I could help you , but I 'm sure you 'll find it 's all a misunderstanding . ’
13 It 's all a nightmare anyway .
14 It 's all a question of what a writer can use , what the work in hand will let him use .
15 But we 're not slaves to healthy eating — it 's all a question of moderation . ’
16 It 's all a question of the rate of your personal metabolism .
17 It 's all a question of market , of you negotiating your deals in an appropriate way .
18 Barn owls are popular as pets , though , and a good breeding pair can produce four clutches of eggs a year in captivity , which again keeps the price down — it 's all a question of supply and demand .
19 ‘ I s'pose it 's all a question o' roots , ’ he said quietly .
20 " It 's all a question of the difference between the epic and the tragic , " he said , when she expressed a preference for heroes that die .
21 It 's all a question of luck , really . ’
22 ‘ These days it 's all a question of money , ’ Lorton said .
23 To strive , to seek , to butch it out- it 's all a question of willpower .
24 It 's all a question of balance , ’ Edward muttered .
25 It 's all a question of who you know ’ — and got a job as a DJ on a Detroit radio station on a show called Streetbeat .
26 I suppose it 's all a question of balance as Mark says .
27 He says it 's all a question of balance .
28 This is a very important way of handling statistics , is n't it , in a sense , I mean , if you 're talking about , in another context , if you talk about recidivism , and , and you say forty percent of people who go into prison reoffend within the following five years , that 's the down side , or you could say sixty percent do n't , or sixty percent keep out , and it 's all a question of how you actually phrase it .
29 ‘ I do n't usually come up this way , it 's all a bit new to me , actually . ’
30 It 's all a bit evolutionary ’ said one jaded visitor .
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