Example sentences of "[conj] it be something [that] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I mean some people say , quite wrongly , that it 's something that does n't take any part in the reaction but speeds it up , but how can it do that . |
| 2 | I understand there are problems er but as a general principle it does seem to me that it 's something that needs to be looked at and the minister has said that a lot of these matters will be dealt with by a statement of practice and er he was asked by the honourable gentleman , the member for South Hams I think , er er er what the status of er these people were . |
| 3 | But it came too late for him to do anything about it , for when he straightened up and turned towards the bank the bullet hit him in the chest and his body seemed to disintegrate and fly in all directions , and he knew that death was on him and that it was something that divided you into a million parts and each fragment screamed as it flung itself into eternity . |
| 4 | Erm it maybe that in this alteration the erm it 's worth just spending a minute on whether B eight should just be kept out of the frame for the moment and it 's something that gets dealt with at a later time when more policies are in play . |
| 5 | A little while ago , we heard about something called AIDS , and it 's something that 's terrified most of us in one way or another . |
| 6 | I understand it 's run into some difficulty but I urge the minister to press the commission to get a move on because this this is a problem that does n't just affect this country , it is certainly a problem that affects the whole of Europe and the European union in particular but also the the er the whole of the world and it 's something that needs international action . |
| 7 | It had such incredible dignity and power , and it was something that made these villagers , these people who were being so tiresome , give way to her as she walked through them , and it 's in the music . |
| 8 | It was something that had puzzled him during all his years at Court , and it was something that had stayed with him . |
| 9 | By now I had a baby sister Clare , and it was something that happened to her which helped to shape my destiny and provided the first step on my road to Koraloona . |
| 10 | The Perm was soon taking pity on Charlie , as people tended to , and Charlie was asking him about the pressures of fame as if it were something that concerned him from day to day . |
| 11 | ‘ I think the players are used to lack of recognition , but it is something that puzzles me . |
| 12 | I do n't think it should cause you any problems , but it is something that 's come on late erm as a result of maternity cover . |
| 13 | But it 's something that 's happened and you ca n't make it unhappen . |
| 14 | Symbolism had been fun in his early days with her , but it was something that had turned very sour in a live-in situation . |
| 15 | But , I think it 's insane making criminals out of a huge percentage of our population , particularly when it is something that involves morality . ’ |
| 16 | Nutty cried out , stung by adults ' crass thinking , wanting one thing , saying another , saying you had to when you did n't want to , and you could n't when you did want , saying you were no good when you were , and good when it was something that did n't matter , like a pootling poem or something . |