Example sentences of "it [be] [noun sg] they be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't think they know it 's Blagg they 're looking for , and if they do n't know that , they wo n't know about Tanner .
2 They say it 's time they were paid for doing a full time job , which dominates their lives and saves the state thirty billion pounds each year …
3 They had dug up those bones at Wyvis Hall and had decided it was murder they were investigating .
4 Already the warmth was draining from the air and he knew that it was time they were moving .
5 Carrie was afraid at first that Albert would despise such a babyish pastime but he seemed to enjoy it as much as Nick did , shouting with laughter when he tripped over bumps in the ice and not wanting to stop , even when she said it was time they were going .
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