Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weightier things than hamburgers suggest it is now time for a realignment . |
| 2 | ‘ To avoid the strath — they must know it is all ours. , ‘ Then who is the big-wig ? |
| 3 | I expect it 's just coincidence . |
| 4 | Some of the wise men say it is not painting , some of them say it is . |
| 5 | Yeah fine erm but as I say it 's just sort of you know kind of minor layout changes , that 's all I was suggesting |
| 6 | They say it 's not development led but if I can actually quote from all of these documents very very quickly . |
| 7 | He got hold of the picture , found it was just Elvis snipped from a magazine , confronted the girl , and she conceded , accompanying him to the dance : ‘ I guess I 've had a connection with him ever since , ’ he says . |
| 8 | When conversions occurred it was not Peter who was involved in baptising but his team ( Acts 10:48 ) . |
| 9 | Interviewed on BBC Radio Four 's Today programme , Swales said : ‘ I would love to keep going , but I realise it is probably time for someone else to have a go . |
| 10 | Shame it 's only half-time really . |
| 11 | Although the sun had risen it was still dusk between the trees , and Allen was able to move quickly from cover to cover keeping the Waste in view . |
| 12 | Tricia says it 's not butter Are we exchanging Christmas presents today , did you ascertain that off your Mum ? |
| 13 | I got a chicken from there other day , I went for a joint of pork I thought oh I 'll have a couple of them joints , fetch a couple back and er I says it 's not Christmas now you know . |
| 14 | Oh she 's says It 's not coal , no , I do n't use it for coal , she sa I 've got gas central heating , we do n't need No it 's just that er well there are a few things in there . |
| 15 | Richard Simmonds of laser says that success does n't happen overnight … they 've been in Banbury since the early seventies and have built 150,000 boats … he says it 's about time that people in banbury had the chance to sail on their doorstep and there are lots of local clubs that offer people the chance |
| 16 | I was telling Steven , he says it 's about time some of them 's done well . |
| 17 | In the book , author Suzi Leather says it is not ignorance that forces many families to cut their food bills , but the impossibility of paying for all essentials out of ‘ woefully inadequate ’ state benefits . |
| 18 | Sergeant Davis said , unemotionally , ‘ The mother says it is not Ephraim . |
| 19 | and er me dad says ooh it 's a video recorder and he , I says no it is n't , he says it is , it 's a video recorder , I says it is n't dad , I said Christ I bloody bought it |
| 20 | Er I du n no I hope it 's only shorties , so I can get in the team ! |
| 21 | Hope it 's still games . |
| 22 | ‘ The important thing , ’ he quoted almost to himself , ‘ is to remember it 's not brute force with a fixed-spool reel ; just a controlled flick . ’ |
| 23 | The house was old ; her father had said it was about time it was pulled down . |
| 24 | Smith reckons it 's about time Rangers had a good run in Europe . |
| 25 | Paul Gascoigne has been given the freedom to roam forward , David Platt will be looking to add to his remarkable haul of 12 goals from his last 14 games , and Paul Ince reckons it 's about time he opened his England scorecard . |
| 26 | Yes Dan must be I would have thought it 's only months probably , but it might be quite a few months . |
| 27 | Young 's award acknowledges his handling of the I Ca n't Believe It 's Not Butter controversy . |
| 28 | Van den Berghs ' marketing director Bill Young took the UK marketer of the year trophy in recognition of his deft handling of the I Ca n't Believe It 's Not Butter controversy , which showed that even the monolithic Unilever can be quick on its feet when its brands are under threat . |
| 29 | Now this it says , I ca n't believe it 's not butter . |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't believe it 's nearly October . ’ |