Example sentences of "it [is] [adj] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another award-winning garden by the Pershore College of Horticulture based on the mythological King , Midas , who was given the power to turn everything he touched to gold ; though this treasure is n't worth much — it 's concrete sprayed with gold paint . |
| 2 | It 's that darned circulation war . |
| 3 | It 's the brusque boulevards of the imagination ; it 's that untaken , sauntering path between toupeed cottages ; it 's the trompe l'oeil cul-de-sac which bluffs you into the belief that you 're entering some smart avenue . |
| 4 | ‘ Not if it 's that watered vinegar you always serve ! ’ |
| 5 | it 's the gristle on it , it 's that tinned meat , but that were |
| 6 | And I think it 's that hidden assumption that a lot of people find offensive . |
| 7 | About that bit it 's that bit . |
| 8 | It 's that bit in the front which I gather was an extension , am I right ? |
| 9 | But this stuff needs brushing out once it 's that supposed |
| 10 | I think the book is really well written and it 's that needed to be I do n't know , do I need a black pen , man . |
| 11 | It 's that got your feet on the dog , it 's stinking ! |
| 12 | No it 's all , it 's all fallen through it seems . |
| 13 | Near the boneyard , there was an old boneyard , it 's the road that runs through from Church , there were no houses there then , it 's all built on now , and there was a sl like a lane used to come from Church to Forrest . |
| 14 | It 's all built in and they breathe a sigh of relief . |
| 15 | It 's all built into us . |
| 16 | So I said well sir I find maths really boring and I walk into this classroom and it 's all painted the same with this blackboard in front and I just find it boring , he goes yes guess who he was taught by at rugby ? |
| 17 | When we got there , it 's all locked up . |
| 18 | It 's all fitted cupboards , swirling table spotlights ! |
| 19 | One or two things I 'll be keeping but most of it it 's just straight , that 's why it 's all piled up ready to go . |
| 20 | It 's all piled up |
| 21 | You could also erm , start to recognize the benefit of the rural sector , and one reason why they were discriminating , L D Cs tended to want to ignore that and sort of shun it , because it 's not sort of a glamorous image they were trying to hope for in the urban sector , and , so , if they did help them , say give them units , like the repair men , units to work in , and they put them in really totally crappy accommodation , and up not where you need it , and not where people pass by with their motors and things , they , they 'd put them somewhere up on a hill , overlooking a city , so erm , to encourage the informal sector by erm , sort of on a par with the formal sector because erm , their inter- reacting , inter-relating now , like they 're providing cheap inputs for the formal industries and , and the formal industries are pro providing clientele all for the informal sector , and so it 's all inter-linked and , and it 's there now . |
| 22 | and it 's all crumpled up shoved into an empty box or an empty bag |
| 23 | oh I 'll get it , it 's all mucked up in it , got ta clean the shed next thing |
| 24 | ‘ It 's all scribbled over . ’ |
| 25 | That says that said to me zero airline so I thought ah great , it 's all connected ! |
| 26 | That little pouch in the front where I have flowers in , in the summer , absolutely covered in toadstools , it 's all the way round there it 's all covered in toadstools . |
| 27 | Well it 's all called tea really . |
| 28 | It 's all welded round you ca n't get it out . |
| 29 | It 's a bit difficult to get the tomato out cos it 's all chopped in with the mince you see . |
| 30 | It 's all chopped it 's like a cave . |