Example sentences of "[vb base] it be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Close observers of Microsoft say that what really interest it is the licensing fees it says Sun should be paying . |
| 2 | ‘ I expect it 's the sidh , is n't it ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I expect it 's the hat . ’ |
| 4 | I expect it 's the weather . |
| 5 | I expect it 's the petals and |
| 6 | But I expect it is the effects of expatriation . |
| 7 | She thought more about losing the coal to Mrs Phipps than about Granny , it seemed to me then , but I expect it was the shock that caused her to react in that way . |
| 8 | Its admirers say it is the consummate manager . |
| 9 | Some say they should bring back hanging ; others say it is the politicians they should hang ; but most say there is nothing anybody can do at all . |
| 10 | Every year in October we say it is the finest thing in the garden . |
| 11 | Some say it is the form assumed by the GHOST of a girl disappointed in love , who fruitlessly searches for her sweetheart , a fisherman who was drowned . |
| 12 | The majority say it is the fault of a Weak Government which could not run a Whelk Stall . |
| 13 | ‘ Where they have dug the hole is a main junction , they say it is the worst place for the leak , where the water is separated . |
| 14 | ‘ I have no rich things to give but I will take my black bread for they say it is the best in the whole world . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ They say it is the cry of the Hound of the Baskervilles , ’ I replied . |
| 16 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 17 | There really is something to celebrate as the new hospital opens — its consultants say it is the best in the country — with a standard of care and treatment equalling that in private hospitals combined with the facilities to continue pioneering research into skin disease . |
| 18 | Education officials in Milton Keynes say it is the latest in a series of attacks on schoolgirls . |
| 19 | As they shift from one adult to another , teachers say it is the video which keeps them under control — a new binge of blood and guts each time they are shuttled past the rental shop . |
| 20 | THE New York marathon turned out to be exactly what they say it is the greatest sporting spectacle in the world . |
| 21 | Where the editor rattled her half dozen strings of large beads and remarked with a toothy grin : ‘ They say it 's the fashion — ’ Where Gerald , the art editor — who was reputed to have a fabulous house on the Chelsea Embankment full of priceless works of art — was so sensitive that he had to have a soundproof office specially built for him , while his assistant Jeremy padded along like his superior 's spaniel , and if Gerald wore a shirt of subtle pink on Monday , his minion would appear in the same shade on Tuesday . |
| 22 | ‘ I never say it 's the best car in the world , ’ he replied , ’ but I believe we are the best at making a car in our class . |
| 23 | When I say it 's the sort of answer you want I mean it 's the sort that might help you ! |
| 24 | ‘ They say it 's the Iraqis , but no one is going to lift a finger of complaint even , until the case is watertight . ’ |
| 25 | instead of the monarchy going out and they 're supported by the tax payer if the monarchy go and , say it 's the queen goes |
| 26 | It 's because they ca n't afford to keep them in , but they say it 's the latest therapy technique . |
| 27 | Well things that they the actually say anything which is sort of a sign that you listening , understanding but if they delay it , it 's say it 's the women that pauses , wanting some sort of suddenly realizes |
| 28 | The Americans say it 's the centre of the art world , but quite where in America I would n't understand . |
| 29 | ‘ The people say it 's the Hound of the Baskervilles , which is calling for something to hunt and kill . |
| 30 | He is always having problems with his ears , they say it 's the grass seeds that irritate them . ’ |