Example sentences of "this [be] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could this be it daddy ? |
| 2 | Bernard Shaw once described Romeo and Juliet as ‘ the impetuous march of music ’ , and if ever there was a play of rich language , this is it . |
| 3 | But now I have started it , am well on with it , this is it , this is me , no avoiding the fact . |
| 4 | I have done what I wanted , or thought I wanted , I have pushed as hard as I could , and this is it . |
| 5 | This is it . |
| 6 | If ever there was proof needed that public opinion works , this is it . |
| 7 | If this is it , I am sure I am going out on the highest note possible . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ As you were saying , Piper , if Jerry breaks through the Brigade 's positions , every bastard has had it , … maybe this is it coming up ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ And this is it ? ’ |
| 10 | Not only does it set you free to live in the present but you had better start enjoying it , because — at the age of 40 or 50 or whatever — this is it , the future has arrived ! |
| 11 | So , no sooner did the record go into the charts and we were going ‘ yeah , this is it — hooray — we 're taking off ’ , they dropped the record and we had to wait for the guys to come back to earth . |
| 12 | If there is a last straw , this is it . |
| 13 | I think this is it for him . |
| 14 | ‘ This is it , ’ Emily said , watching for Mungo 's reaction . |
| 15 | This is it , thought Sam . |
| 16 | ‘ This is it , ’ said Jackie softly . |
| 17 | People have been talking about the need for a ‘ killer application ’ and this is it . ’ |
| 18 | If there is any instant antidote to stress , strain and long-distance flights , this is it : to drift like a long-winged bird over a strange and beautiful planet . |
| 19 | ‘ Are ye sure this is it ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ This is it . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ This is it . |
| 22 | This is it , she thought . |
| 23 | ‘ This is it , lad . |
| 24 | Nicholson believed he had arrived : ‘ I said to myself , ‘ This is it . |
| 25 | ‘ Now I 'm thinking , this is it — the perfect habitat for the bar-tailed lark . |
| 26 | This is it , I thought . |
| 27 | I could see right away Tom was looking for his caddie , and so I thought , ‘ This is it — do or die . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ This is it . |
| 29 | This is it ! |
| 30 | This is it : the very last words on the very last page of the very last issue of Punch . |