Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where 's it been all these years ? |
| 2 | Question : What do you say to suggestions made by the court that had it been any other man you would have simply warned them ? |
| 3 | If you struck lucky on one of those multi-dialled combination locks on bank safes , it would seem a very major miracle , for the odds against it are many millions to one , and you would be able to steal a fortune . |
| 4 | Knowing what you 'd like to say and actually having the courage to come right out with it are two different things . |
| 5 | 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' . |
| 6 | After all , why should it be that particular one ? |
| 7 | The second thought is in relation to the second criteria , in view of the move of government policy in particular P P G 4 would it be helpful sensible to include the word under-used in terms would increase the use of vacant under- used or derelict premises and sites ? |
| 8 | Would health insurance be income-related like National Insurance or would it be genuine private insurance like life insurance or house insurance ? |
| 9 | Will it be twenty-three nine point eight seven . |
| 10 | Let it be some dreamy boy of about seventeen with his hair cut in ‘ curtains ’ and some really nice gear , then she could show off to Sam and the others ! |
| 11 | Could it be some odd kind of loyalty to Naylor Massingham ? |
| 12 | Can it be plain cantankerous at times ? |
| 13 | CAN it be third-time lucky for the French steeplechaser , The Fellow , in today 's £150,000 Cheltenham Tote Gold Cup ? |
| 14 | On the other hand , would it be any safer crawling past the window , crossing fingers and sending up prayers ? |
| 15 | Will it be any easier for defendants to find witnesses who are prepared to come forward ? |
| 16 | ‘ Nor can it be any easier to decide if you prefer strolling the catwalk you abhor or sitting in the garden of the palazzo , sipping tea and talking with la Principessa . ’ |
| 17 | People always blame the stranger when something like that happens — why should it be any different for me ? |
| 18 | How could it be any different 40 miles away ? |
| 19 | ‘ Why should n't it be different this time ? ’ |
| 20 | Will it be 40 million , 50 million or 60 million tonnes ? |
| 21 | and it were , it were nine ninety nine |
| 22 | And it were nine ninety nine . |
| 23 | But you know on his log book , last person that had the car he went down to see them , and they told him that it were thirty thousand over from when they sold it . |
| 24 | Well it were seventy one . |
| 25 | He went to Comet and it were fourteen hundred . |
| 26 | It were six Five or six o'clock in the morning I think I arrived in Aberdeen at six o'clock . |
| 27 | What he says is that erm you know when he was writing of six hundred and fifty eight seats in parliament , I do n't know how many there are now , but he says if we allowed for people to be paid , then we have as it were six hundred and fifty eight prizes to people 's six hundred and fifty eight jobs for people and he says and this is rather astonishing to hear , to read this is that it will attract adventurism of low class to er parliament if we pay members of parliament . |
| 28 | On it were small framed photographs of the Emperor , the Prince Imperial , her sister and her mother , as well as other friends and relations . |
| 29 | Parts of it were eight hundred years old , the basements were half-filled with fine sand and whatever lived there , lived alone . |
| 30 | You bought one , it were nice that |