Example sentences of "it be [subord] [pron] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's off sick today , from today , how long will it be before he gets his first cheque from us . |
| 2 | ‘ How would it be if I returned your gift so that you can give it at the door ? ’ |
| 3 | It 's like you say your mum 'll be able to get wo n't she ? |
| 4 | It 's cos you enjoy our company so much in n it Chris ? |
| 5 | But when I criticise a tremolo system for being awkward to change strings on , or a truss rod for being inaccessible , it 's because I change my own strings and adjust my own truss rod . |
| 6 | It 's because you loved your husband so much that you feel so much . |
| 7 | But I do n't know how long it is before I get my results back . |
| 8 | Yet it is because they loved their partner so deeply that they are driven to seek ways of easing their pain and fear . |
| 9 | ‘ It is because we need your brilliant white nose to help us each year to deliver presents . |
| 10 | And it was before you had your pacers and sprinters . |
| 11 | Do you know how much it was when we got our first house , just before we were married , it was n't two and a half times your salary , it was one and a half times our salary |
| 12 | It was as we started our second run and we were at the lights at the corner of Portman Square , that I saw the cops had concentrated themselves on the traffic island in Baker Street . |
| 13 | It was as she raised her eyes again that Silvia suddenly caught sight of Guido . |
| 14 | If Richard Burton was lucky in his background it was because he made his luck . |
| 15 | It was because I had my blinds closed that I did n't get hurt . ’ |