Example sentences of "it [be] the [noun sg] [prep] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not her dying while he 's there that panics him , I reckon ; it 's the thought of something messy or perhaps her dipping into another decade and making him one of the period characters . |
| 2 | ‘ This is a new chance for me but I ca n't say yet that it 's the beginning of something long term . |
| 3 | It 's the equivalent to someone being put into constant hot and cold baths . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's the eye of something . ’ |
| 5 | Well that 's , it 's the velocity of something |
| 6 | Christians are supposed to forgive , but what if say it 's the mother of somebody who had a child that 's been murdered or if somebody has been raped you can not say that they should forgive you cos they were a Christian . |
| 7 | And if we draw a line it 's the analogy of someone pedalling on a bicycle , if you reach thirty five and you 're going up on a bicycle like that it 's reasonably steep but not too steep , you can cope with that on a regular basis . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's the business of anyone who cares for truth and justice . |
| 9 | Well it 's the key of somebody 's cottage |
| 10 | It 's the key of somebody 's caravan but it 's not ours . |
| 11 | Yeah , it is the price of one it 's unbelievable it is unbelievable , yeah |
| 12 | It is the laugh of one who knows he 's about to die |
| 13 | We need above all — because it is the key to everything else — to increase the productivity and the competitiveness of our industries , because that alone will encourage more job creation . |
| 14 | Obviously it is the pinnacle of anyone 's professional career to captain their country . |
| 15 | It is the start of something that could become very big , but only those with mega bucks need apply . |
| 16 | More precisely , it is the conception of something which has the nature assigned to it above all by the independent nomic conditional ( 5 ) . |
| 17 | It is the replica of one seized from a gang of English raiders from Hexham the year after the battle . |
| 18 | ‘ His voice just triggered it all off , I knew it was the beginning of something ’ said Heather , of Aberdeen Road , Darlington . |
| 19 | It was the voice of someone old , with a speech impairment , and it was in German . |
| 20 | It was the noise of something stretching and straining under enormous , impossible pressure ; as if the very fabric of that wall must suddenly explode inwards , enveloping them in a deadly blast of shattered brick and concrete . |
| 21 | It was the temple for everyone who wanted to be involved in something that had nothing to do with what most people thought was ‘ happening ’ in that part of the seventies . |
| 22 | Quickly he led them to a table , produced menus and wine , but deep in her despairing heart Alex was convinced that it was the surprise of someone seeing a customer who had already been in once that evening . |
| 23 | Office manager Heather rang the company 's technical services department in Cambridgeshire where computer analyst Chris picked up the phone and at once both knew it was the start of something special . |
| 24 | I thought it was the end of everything — I thought I 'd be alone for the rest of my life . |
| 25 | ‘ Dad did n't say it was the end of everything , Virgie … ’ |