Example sentences of "it [be] a [noun] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But it 's a wonder he does n't . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a wonder he did n't go mad . |
| 4 | The way he was brought up I suppose , but it 's a wonder it it 's a wonder he 's got any business at all ! |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a pity he does n't have it repaired instead , ’ Sabine said . |
| 6 | It 's a pity he do n't go and do that it 's a pity he ca n't drive and go and do that |
| 7 | I SYMPATHISE with Kevin Eason after his car accident but it 's a pity he did n't mention the fire brigade whose members help save thousands of lives on our roads . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a pity he did n't get a surprise and find himself dead . |
| 9 | And it 's a quality he put to good use when he performed a parachute jump to raise money for a girl who suffers from a rare heart condition . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a shame he did n't stick to chess instead of cards , ’ the old man finished . |
| 11 | It 's a shame he did n't say that before he asked me to marry him . ’ |
| 12 | They 're invited in to talk about a particular thing that 's coming in , about noise or about rats in the basement or about how to , and the interviewer has a very vague idea it 's a topic he 's heard it , he 's thought about it , he thinks it 's a local thing , and he 's actually trying to get something out of it in a sense . |
| 13 | What Coetzee 's work suggests , and it is a pity he does not pursue this point fully , is that in Britain before 1914 the potential fragmentation of the political right was contained . |
| 14 | We were friends but it is a pity he did not make that clear . ’ |
| 15 | It is a tag he disowns . |
| 16 | It is a trait he puts down to his father , who died two years ago . |
| 17 | It is a hobby he has taken up with two main aims in mind : ‘ Firstly , it keeps my hand in as far as manufacturing is concerned and secondly I like to see this small bit of entrepreneuralism on my doorstep . |
| 18 | It is a trick he has been taught and he enjoys doing it . |
| 19 | There was a bonus for the Everton boss in that he seems to have discovered the creative midfield force he has been lacking , and it is a player he signed during his first spell at the club five-and-a-half years ago . |
| 20 | ‘ This was an absolutely horrific accident and it is a tragedy he lost his legs , ’ said an ambulance spokesman . |
| 21 | It is a career he fell into by accident after arriving in Britain from Wilmington , Delaware , on an extended holiday in 1970 . |
| 22 | It is a movement he has used many times and which is perhaps seen at its best in the pas de deux to the Meditation from Thai-s created for Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley ; in A Month in the Country when Natalia dances with the Tutor to express her emotions ; and in Les Deux Pigeons in the final pas de deux , when the Young Man has returned to The Girl and tenderly dances with her in his arms ( see page 83 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ It is a miracle he has survived this long . ’ |
| 24 | Presumably , it is a truth he came to realise with the experience of Absolute Beginners behind him . |
| 25 | It is a world he has lived with before . |
| 26 | It was a tune he recognized — an old nursery rhyme . |
| 27 | It was a resolve he had fulfilled for as long as he could , relishing settling his mind on sacred thoughts and holy themes in an effort to make himself spiritually equal to the demands of his calling . |
| 28 | It was a stare he felt he understood , for it felt like his own . |
| 29 | It was a building he did n't particularly want to see , though he did n't imagine he could ever succeed in burying its memories and associations . |
| 30 | St Ives said it was a mercy he had n't after all approached Meredith and asked him to give her the push . |