Example sentences of "it [adj] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it possible her friend had been matchmaking — her stepbrother and her best friend ? |
| 2 | ‘ Is it possible your uncle would be pleased to see a closer association between you ? ’ she demanded suspiciously . |
| 3 | But she made it clear their relationship was to be platonic . |
| 4 | Alec Carlisle , the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats — who gained half as much again in terms of votes as PC — vetoed the deal , making it clear his position was on the line . |
| 5 | Most people imagine that they are fairly competent communicators ; adults have been doing it all their lives ! |
| 6 | To crown it all their king , John , was captured in battle . |
| 7 | Promising young riders who 're starting their sporting careers … took it all their stride … following in the footsteps of the internationals . |
| 8 | She plunged into the crowds , who had turned out in their thousands to greet her , as though she had been doing it all her life . |
| 9 | Within a few days she had recovered enough to play practice chukkas , going straight into fast polo as though she 'd played it all her life . |
| 10 | Next day Balcha sent a force to escort my father to the town : my mother , who was pregnant and tired , remained in camp — and would regret it all her life . |
| 11 | You 'd think she 'd been doing it all her life . |
| 12 | But I should n't want her do it all her life ! |
| 13 | She 's done it all her life and |
| 14 | But it was to cap it all her temp started today |
| 15 | And beneath it all her agony of eagerness to speak to Luke alone battling with her growing apprehension . |
| 16 | Marriage had now come to occupy the same central position in her mind as religion had formerly : on it all her hopes were based . |
| 17 | To top it all her mother disowns her , so she is left to wander the streets , when she meets Matthews ( Martin Donovan ) , who has also been driven from his home . |
| 18 | " Variety 's the very spice of life That gives it all its flavour . " |
| 19 | Smith 's Tech-Air ( NZ ) takes it all its stride , especially the really tricky work on old timers . |
| 20 | All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's always been that — I 've known it all my life — you 've never forgiven me for being a girl — that 's why you love Bri and you do n't love me — you wanted a boy — you always wanted a boy and all you got was a girl — all you got was me ! ’ |
| 22 | I shall remember that to my dying day , I shall remember it all my life . ’ |
| 23 | The phrase ‘ I 've been doing it all my life ’ may mean ‘ in this role I am confident and feel fulfilled ’ . |
| 24 | His Oxford tutor , C.S. Lewis , dedicatee of his first book , The English Game ( 1948 ) , told him : ‘ Though never a cricket man , after reading your book I feel that I have enjoyed it all my life . ’ |
| 25 | You may say ‘ Surely I do not need to learn how to listen , I have been doing it all my life . ’ |
| 26 | Then , when we went upstairs , he says to me , Mary , he says , first time he called me that in years , Mary , why is it all my life I 've always got the timing wrong ? |
| 27 | Because I 've had enough of it all my life what with one thing and another , and what I mean is , I do n't want you getting yourself into trouble trying to mind my back when I 'm OK really , and you 'll just land yourself in it doing the unnecessary . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He 's done it all my life , it 's nothing new . |
| 29 | You 've only been there eighteen months while I 've known it all my life . |
| 30 | I agree , sometimes I can tell you I have witnessed a hunt and on a cold , frosty morning when er about forty or fifty horses are thundering across the ploughed field , it 's enough to p the power of that sight is enough to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up that 's not what we are against the hunter that came to me and says Eh up lad , I wo n't go drag hunting because I 'm sixty years old , I 've done it all my life and I like the ride , I like to be there I never see a fox killed that 's fact , it 's in the video . |