Example sentences of "[adj] 's [Wh adv] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos the window closed , that 's why it 's getting colder is n't it , cos you 've got your window closed . |
| 2 | That 's why it 's called Eusol — E for Edinburgh , U for University and ‘ sol ’ for solution . ’ |
| 3 | That 's why it 's called a charity school . ’ |
| 4 | And that 's why it 's called . |
| 5 | Philip Bruin-Ridges comedy , ploughed in the adventure of radio hero , Bull Dog Drummund , that 's why it 's called Bull Shot |
| 6 | Why did they have pink on it , that 's why it 's called Pink ? |
| 7 | That 's why it 's called imperialism . |
| 8 | everything , all , mange tout , eat all , that 's why it 's called mange tout cos he eats everything , and mange tout peas are called mange tout cos you eat the pods , twit |
| 9 | What they 've done they 've put this onto a warm plate , that 's why it 's melting so much . |
| 10 | That 's why it was called The Mad House . |
| 11 | Speaking at the launch of the booklet , David Pollock , Director of ASH , said that the government has accepted since 1965 that cigarette advertising is harmful , especially to children — that 's why it was banned from TV . |
| 12 | That 's why it was abolished at the insistence of Labour Ministers who served in the coalition government during the war . |
| 13 | I think you 're suggesting that the local government would do a lot more if the national government would allow it , and I suspect you 're a Labour member of the Oxfordshire County Council and I think that you would point at the Conservative central government as being , if not deliberately anti-women , then the effect of some of it 's policies seemed to indicate that that 's where it 's heading . |
| 14 | It 's usually good rich stuff , ideal for the flower beds , so that 's where it was dispatched . |
| 15 | ‘ We love coming to work on Friday and Saturday because that 's when it 's going to happen , ’ says Station Officer Richard Haig . |
| 16 | and it says , you can only appeal it will appear in November , that 's when it 's going to be , er put into the library |
| 17 | That 's how it 's turned out , so why not carry it through — form one good mixed practice and later on expand still further ? ’ |
| 18 | That 's how it 's become . |
| 19 | of when you 've got to be a rotter to get on but I 'm afraid that 's how it 's gon na be |
| 20 | And that 's how it 's going to be this winter . |
| 21 | ‘ And unless the system of training chartered accountants with study leave is changed , that 's how it 's going to be . ’ |
| 22 | We hope that when you 're at home watching the show it all looks like a relaxed , late evening chat — at least , that 's how it 's meant to come across . |
| 23 | That 's how it 's meant to be . |
| 24 | Working on three floors at once we decided to we needed to continue work on the seventh floor before moving up to the eighth and so on to the ninth by the information given us in the er we calculated that the men that were to get onto the programme by the end of the week calculated the production rate for various gangs to see how fast so that 's how it was looking . |
| 25 | Yeah well as I say I I lived in the east end of London and that that 's how it was done there but I dare say that other places organized it |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , of course , that 's how it was done ! ’ |
| 27 | And she was mistaken if she thought she was getting her paws on this patch , I 'd worked bloody hard to make it mine and that 's how it was going to stay . |