Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [noun] on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's weird walking on it — I can feel my feet sink into it like I 'm walking on rubber . |
| 2 | If he did not know that , I do not mind him admitting it , but it is extraordinary ignorance on his part . |
| 3 | It is pure conjecture on their part . |
| 4 | It is mere speculation on my part — and probably an oversimplification — that the confusing post-war crop of art styles in America grew out of refugee Europeans reacting to a strange land . |
| 5 | ‘ It was sheer stupidity on my part , ’ Maggie confessed , but Felipe looked down at her intently and shook his head . |
| 6 | It was pure speculation on her part — and yet there had been a family scandal , years ago , before her mother had married ; she could vaguely remember her mother talking about it — and it had concerned her brother , Ellie 's uncle . |
| 7 | ‘ When , in answer to his assumption that there was to be an early wedding , I asked what was going round the grapevine now , he told me it was pure speculation on his part , stemming from the fact that you 'd just handed in your resignation . ’ |
| 8 | I found no great welcome ; people seemed quite oblivious of my arrival , and no doubt it was unconscious arrogance on my part to expect it to be otherwise . |
| 9 | She 'd known that it was childish behaviour on her part , but she had n't been able to help herself . |