Example sentences of "[adv] it [be] the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it 's the moaning you can do at the top , or the relief of getting down and into the warmth . |
| 2 | I think perhaps it is the cocaine I keep for medical purposes , pure , straight cocaine . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was the air he possessed of inviting confidences . |
| 4 | The girl was a gifted shoemaker , but there was something insolent about her , perhaps it was the way she held her head high with her glorious abundant hair flowing free that somehow irritated Emily . |
| 5 | Perhaps it was the wine I had drunk but I only gave a short yell before my hair was grabbed and my head jerked violently back . |
| 6 | Corman naturally agreed with this assessment and is not saying whether or not it was the way he and Nicholson intended it . |
| 7 | I mean if you do buy hessian back carpet the only thing we do charge extra for is two pound fifty on top or two , seventy five , two seventy five for underlay and that sort of stuff , if you buy foam back it 's the price you see So everyone 's on that training scheme now I suppose are n't they ? |
| 8 | Well it 's the thing you can draw the quickest is n't it ? |
| 9 | Well it 's the people they employ , probably , not the people who are who er |
| 10 | Well it 's the impression you get in n it ? |
| 11 | he 's running up and down and thing , you know I I do n't know maybe it is the way he is , but |
| 12 | But maybe it was the way he was looking across at her with those all-seeing predatory jet-black eyes of his , or maybe it was the way she felt just a bit claustrophobic at being shut up beside him in the narrow confines of the car and the desire that sparked in her to have this ordeal over quickly , but all at once an idea popped into her head . |
| 13 | But maybe it was the way he was looking across at her with those all-seeing predatory jet-black eyes of his , or maybe it was the way she felt just a bit claustrophobic at being shut up beside him in the narrow confines of the car and the desire that sparked in her to have this ordeal over quickly , but all at once an idea popped into her head . |
| 14 | ‘ Yet it is the skill we are taught the least . |
| 15 | You see once again it 's the environment we want to make people if I 'm gon na ask you to succeed and back up my judgement |
| 16 | ‘ We begin around 12 telling them what a baby is , why it 's the sex it is and how it comes about . |