Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christ , how long has it been since I … ? |
| 2 | How long has it been since I got a present from a girl ? |
| 3 | And Corner well er it it 's turned full circle has it were when we came and then er there were other firms they did away with some part of the shop . |
| 4 | The evidence on which I base it is that , within three weeks of the White Paper being introduced in the middle of this year , there were 15 announcements of changes to the proposals now in the legislation . |
| 5 | ‘ I expect it 's because he 's a clergyman , or was , miss . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I expect it 's because you 're my stepbrother , ’ Jenna said sarcastically . |
| 7 | ‘ I expect it 's because I 'm writing and it takes longer , ’ Maggie confessed with a shrug . |
| 8 | ‘ I expect it was after you left . |
| 9 | Officials say it is because the two sides have different versions of what was decided at the previous negotiations that the ceasefire has broken down . |
| 10 | Some say it is because no boat people have been returned home against their will since December 1989 . |
| 11 | ‘ But if it 's as they say it is and everything goes smoothly , David will only miss four or five matches at the most . |
| 12 | Erm no I I honestly do n't think that er that the the problem is as big as as big as you you say it is and I I think the the structures are there to deal with that and if if people had you know if people used them then they would they would work and they from time to time that they are used and you know it it is not impossible to get rid of rid of a teacher in in the way you are suggesting . |
| 13 | Mum wants a pair of trousers for going out with , you know well she 's got plenty but like I say it 's but then you get I 'll no it 's not very personal to give somebody a voucher though is it ? |
| 14 | Yeah , I think it 's b as I say it 's because I think people are wary I mean you know , not sure who 's who . |
| 15 | Some people say it 's cos he 's got a thing in the church do n't they ? |
| 16 | And all the history books say it was because of you … the R.A.F. So there you are . |
| 17 | When this is not enjoyed it is because our own essential nature is frustrated in its enjoyment of itself through physical or mental disease or by physical or social circumstances . |
| 18 | Without for one moment implying any impropriety , this last episode demonstrates how deliciously appropriate it is that Mr Wyatt should subsequently have struck up such a warm friendship with the world 's foremost collector of air miles . |
| 19 | I 've been figuring out S , A and B , wha why you ha , you have to start , you know , then I realise it 's but you got ta put it in the way it 's ready to er record have n't |
| 20 | But where other people would probably have covered the past in a coat of paint , the building 's new young occupants , the Stewarts have happily let it be and turned their decorative attentions to the interior instead . |
| 21 | The verdict of the clerk to the select committee of 1824 which reviewed it was that it had been a dead letter so far as " those artisans on whom it was intended to have an effect " , namely printers , tailors , shoe makers and shipbuilders in London who continued " their regular societies and houses of call as though no such act were in existence " . |
| 22 | Er certainly Forest believed it was and Ward believed it was a free kick you could tell by the expression on his face . |
| 23 | Because so many people so badly wanted it to succeed when it did they almost believed it was because they had willed it to . |
| 24 | If the order is to be disrupted it is because one of the younger sons shows remarkable promise but being a ‘ family ’ anxious to demonstrate tolerance , envy and jealousy are masked and can certainly be dissipated if it is suggested that the elder brothers had a hand in the development . |
| 25 | ‘ I have seen people badly hurt in the sport , broken arms and fingers , gouged eyes , but when that happens it 's because people are n't doing it right . |
| 26 | She says it 's because the water is pure from the mountain but she does n't really believe it 's just that . |
| 27 | ‘ He says it 's because he volunteered when he was too young and now he 's been pestering them , but I 've been pestering all three services and got nowhere . ’ |
| 28 | He says it 's because it makes him look naff , but it 's more than that . |
| 29 | If he makes a bad shot he says it 's because he 's blind but Gary says it 's because his technique is wrong . |
| 30 | If he makes a bad shot he says it 's because he 's blind but Gary says it 's because his technique is wrong . |