Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some say they should bring back hanging ; others say it is the politicians they should hang ; but most say there is nothing anybody can do at all . |
| 2 | So why I said to you on the telephone as you say it 's not what you say it 's the way you say it . |
| 3 | Pilot 's widow says it 's the way he wanted to die . |
| 4 | ‘ The chairman of the bench denies falling asleep and says it was the way he was sitting in his chair , ’ he said . |
| 5 | His best friend says it was the way he would have wanted to go |
| 6 | But she says it was the tiredness she was unprepared for . |
| 7 | Desmond says it was the woman he lives with — is n't it awful , at his age ! — who really suggested there should be a get-together . |
| 8 | One reason he thinks he can do it is the help he 's had over the past six weeks of intensive Lilleshall training from England 's newly-installed bowling coach , the former Surrey and Sussex star Geoff Arnold . |
| 9 | You know it 's the thing you wanted . |
| 10 | Fred said , ‘ The only other time he ever ordered it was the night you rang us up in Leeds to say you 'd got the house and we could move in by the week we were spliced . ’ |
| 11 | Well I suppose it 's the way you wanted . |
| 12 | I suppose it was the way he said ‘ is ' ’ and not ‘ ‘ would be' ’ . |
| 13 | It was grey and , and mustard , it sounds revolting but we , we were a bit , I suppose it was the time we had a purple carpet , we had an orange wall , do you remember that living room ? |
| 14 | She knew it was the thing she must n't do , must n't let herself be persuaded into , that it was death , the end , that there was no going back , you could never get back to the same position . |
| 15 | I thought it was the way you were sitting Bob |
| 16 | Mm but no what I 'm sort of , getting back , I mean , you know , I do n't I think it 's the kids I mean , I du n no why ? |
| 17 | Treasure and the maps to locate it are the stuff we dream of , whether the treasure be a golden Celtic torque or a Roman pottery shard is not as important , perhaps , as the quest and excitement of making the find . |
| 18 | I think one is largely on judging people in the hands of the media , looking at it from an ordinary party member I think it 's the air he gives , whether it 's an air of confidence competence and perhaps and air of confidence , the way he handles himself in the House of Commons , the things that he actually says , because within that time you 're not able , in fact , to have achieved much erm parliamentary wise , one very much has to judge a person by what he has . |
| 19 | I think it 's the word I 'm unhappy with Sue . |
| 20 | I think it 's the things you collect that give a house character . ’ |
| 21 | Yeah I know , I think it 's the glasses he can actually see me now or something |
| 22 | Yeah , cos he covers Derby , he lives in Calverton , he comes through Nottingham to get to Derby , I live in Nottingham and I just do Nottingham , I 'm nearer to Derby than what he is , near as door bell , I think it 's the way they 've laid it out though |
| 23 | I think it 's the way he looks , like , if you know what I mean , you know like pull his face and like , look over glasses , I mean , he did it to me when did it to Johnny . |
| 24 | So I think it 's the cats she catches anything from . |
| 25 | Erm I think it 's the equals I du n no but |
| 26 | It did n't have a fishy taste , it we like beef but I presume it 's the way they 've cooked it . |
| 27 | Oh we had it was the Airleys we had at that time . |
| 28 | I did n't say it was mine I said it was the people I 've spoken to . |