Example sentences of "it be a [noun] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She repeated the word softly , testing the sound of it on her lips , as if it were a word she had never heard before . |
| 2 | In recognition of it being a charity which had acted in the public interest , the judge awarded only three-quarters of the costs , estimated at £50,000 , against the conservation group , which is considering an appeal . |
| 3 | It 's a route he has just retraced for the character of Fergus , the IRA man who attempts to re-make his life in The Crying Game ] , an experience Jordan understands well . |
| 4 | So i i it 's a standard you know dinky little thing like y you us you use You know the with their little twirly thing and er the you saw the |
| 5 | It 's a lellow I mean a yellow tie . |
| 6 | We s it 's a word we use quite a lot . |
| 7 | It 's a word we use to talk about masses of undifferentiated humanity — like buying a pound of whitebait for your supper , rather than , say , 341 little silver fishes that once frisked and swam in the dappled shallows of the ocean . |
| 8 | It 's a word we use to talk about masses of undifferentiated humanity — like buying a pound of whitebait for your supper , rather than , say , 341 little silver fishes that once frisked and swam in the dappled depths of the ocean . |
| 9 | Well it 's a skill I have . |
| 10 | Let's see if we can move them on this year so that they start to think it 's a charity I know I really want to support . |
| 11 | You are all familiar with our loyal supporters , but what about those people on the fringes who may have given a donation or done something for Save The Children in the past , but never really followed it up and there are the people who are interested who think , it 's a charity I feel I ought to support . |
| 12 | Oscar , oh it 's a comedy you know |
| 13 | But it 's a duster you take to it , not one of the latest hydraulic drills , and even as you dust , you must do it lovingly . |
| 14 | It 's a reputation we 've kept to the present day . |
| 15 | Like most other immigrants , Rita came here following a dream and it 's a dream she does n't want to give up . |
| 16 | It 's a threat which puts miners at greater risk of contracting crippling lung diseases . |
| 17 | It 's a threat we 've taken very seriously . |
| 18 | It 's a play I have seen acted regularly in each village , and on every occasion it 's exactly the same . |
| 19 | It 's a subject we do not talk about . ’ |
| 20 | Erm and it 's quite , you know and it 's a subject I 've never done before |
| 21 | It 's a wonder they do n't make a car port here you know ? |
| 22 | It 's a wonder they did n't get er suffocated some of the kids then in them days . |
| 23 | They 're singing gold-rush songs at the tops of their voices in the dayniter and it 's a wonder they have n't all rocked the train right off the rails , with the noise and the booze . ’ |
| 24 | I mean we 've got to see it 's a wonder they have n't been on to us cos they 've stopped the er |
| 25 | It 's a wonder we have n't had them before . " |
| 26 | they used to pour it out of a can you know , it 's a wonder we did n't all die of tuberculosis but we did n't . |
| 27 | ‘ She 's got so many screws loose it 's a wonder it stays on her shoulders . ’ |
| 28 | It 's a wonder it do n't say it . |
| 29 | Pretty deep there ; it 's a wonder it did n't slice the top of his head off . |
| 30 | It 's a wonder I did n't kill Benjamin but , when I opened my eyes , two of the rogues were dead of huge gashes between shoulder and neck whilst Benjamin was on the point of driving his sword straight through the breast of a third . |