Example sentences of "[adv] [be] it that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for the horse 's sake alone was it that carters would drive through a roadside pond , or choose to ford a stream rather than go over a bridge beside the ford . |
| 2 | So what exactly is it that has made Claudia Schiffer the world 's highest paid model ? |
| 3 | But just er , you know , clarify my thinking on it , what exactly is it that you feel you want to think about ? |
| 4 | What exactly was it that had taken place ? |
| 5 | How often is it that I have asked you for money ? |
| 6 | How long ago was it that I looked on the world with such innocent eyes ? |
| 7 | how long ago was it that we bought it ? |
| 8 | How long ago was it that we paid six hundred pounds did n't we to get our roof seen to , does n't seem all those many years ago . |
| 9 | Ask yourself : what precisely is it that my child is doing wrong ? |
| 10 | Rather is it that by not forgetting one 's origins , in maintaining one 's own identity and in adopting unhesitatingly before all Europe the position of parvenu — a glorious title when one has arrived there thanks to the votes of a great people . |
| 11 | But what else is it , Dorothea thought anxiously , what else is it that you are wanting to do ? |
| 12 | What else is it that it tells ya ? |
| 13 | Now th he was saying that , it 's being argued here that , that very seldom is it that the punishment exceeded the crime , that they 're able to assess , look at the behaviour of the people in power before the movement er gathered pace and to , to , to assess how they er they were , how sort of humane and so on and , and by saying that depending on how you , you , you did before hand , you w you now your punishment , it will , will be a administered accordingly which is an interesting concept , I 'm not sure quite how accurate these assessments could 've been , I think really when things get going it 's er really very difficult to stop them . |