Example sentences of "[verb] it be [noun] 's [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps we just have to accept it is God 's will that the unorthodox individual is doomed to years of frustration , ridicule and failure in order to act out his role in the scheme of things , until his day arrives and mankind is ready to receive his message . |
| 2 | I pretended it was Annie 's hair we was putting on the tree , and I called her a little angel , but she got upset about that , so I stopped . |
| 3 | Ah , but you never found it was Berty 's son that co you know what he 's like . |
| 4 | that 's what my brother wants it 's father 's day |
| 5 | But the record books of course will show it was Cambridge 's year … worthy winners in a time of seventeen minutes … |
| 6 | Matthew Pinsent says it was Cambridge 's race … |
| 7 | Even a nervous pull into the greenside bunker with his third shot at the par-five 18th , which was to open the door for Stewart and Olazabal , could not prevent it being Langer 's day . |
| 8 | I tore the Danish to bits , imagining it was Lewis 's flesh . |
| 9 | My brother reckons it was Beeney 's fault for not coming off his line but I reckon it was the two centre halfs again . |
| 10 | I do n't believe it 's God 's purpose unless there 's no other alternative but to do it together with God 's people , with God 's family the fellowship of being together in our witness and in our service , this is the whole purpose of , of , of , of the church family , that we do things together , that we are together and then obedience to God 's will . |
| 11 | We do not believe it is government 's job to run business — people do that much better . |
| 12 | Actually so far as I can see it 's sod 's law for women , just as it always has been . |
| 13 | No , you could n't , she they 're all , they know it 's Jenny 's asthma . |
| 14 | At first sight of the Whale , he had gripped the harpoon tightly , perhaps wishing it was Okawi 's neck . |
| 15 | She was lying on the edge of the bed far from Tom and had not known it was Tom 's bed and Tom 's room or that she was not alone , but had been cast at once , as usual , into that incredulous panic where she was asking herself , how could I have left Mike ? |
| 16 | The grooms at his home in Princes Risborough , believe it was Sefton 's spirit that pulled him through . |
| 17 | And Mulligan swore it was sow 's blood . " |
| 18 | At that moment I think he felt it was Greg 's day . |
| 19 | I knew it was Leon 's hand I 'd taken into my own . |
| 20 | The strange thing was that she knew it was Ernest 's bell , the bell she had tactfully told him would be unsuitable for the kind of school he had in mind . |
| 21 | But they thought it were Wendy 's daughter ! |
| 22 | Yeah , thought it were Wendy 's children . |
| 23 | That day , however , Catriona thought it was Sarah 's eyes and her mouth which were young . |
| 24 | Well I thought it was Wendy 's daughter |
| 25 | Lord Balfour thought it was Asquith 's duty to keep Baldwin in power , Lord Long that the Conservatives should offer their support to Asquith . |
| 26 | The group 's press officer , Mick Houghton , thought it was Gregory 's departure that he would soon be explaining to the press when suddenly he was told Charman was out . |
| 27 | But I mean it 's people 's perceptions is n't it about travelling it 's quite material . |
| 28 | So I mean it was Geoff 's choice . |
| 29 | I think it 's school 's fault and/or parents . |
| 30 | I sometimes think it 's nature 's wear and tear . |