Example sentences of "[verb] it be [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ His best attempt at negotiating the distance between admiration of the poetry and dislike for the individual who created it is this metaphor , in his introduction : ‘ When he found his authentic voice in the late 1940s , the beautiful flowers of his poetry were already growing on long stalks out of pretty dismal ground ’ — a botanical conceit designed to leave Larkin soiled , but the poetry ready for picking . |
| 2 | I do n't recognise it is that ford , that 's ford Ruth is n't it ? , that 's what it is , it 's a back ford , Pearly Way , those factories I 'm sure . |
| 3 | You say it 's all crap , but you 're starting to believe in it . |
| 4 | Police say it 's another case of rural areas being plagued by gangs of city criminals . |
| 5 | say it was any thing to bother about |
| 6 | You know I mean that 's basically what we want it 's any situation where people talk to each other , with some kind of agenda in mind . |
| 7 | ‘ But at the end of the day , we both realise it is each other 's happiness which matters most . ’ |
| 8 | If she stood firm , there was nothing he could do , she told herself — though whether she believed it was another matter . |
| 9 | She says it 's less noise , and traffic which used to be nose to tail now flows freely . |
| 10 | He says it 's another shock , to extend it five years — it 's more devastating than it was to begin with — yet more uncertainty . |
| 11 | He says it 's some kind of sadist that carries out this kind of attack . |
| 12 | Mr Sullivan says it was this incident that prompted him to stage the break in . |
| 13 | there are advantages erm and quite honestly if erm er the way I put it is that salary company car and BUPA and all that sort of thing |
| 14 | ‘ I do not understand you , ’ he rasped , ‘ but coming from you I imagine it is some acid comment . |
| 15 | I imagine it was all part of the same reaction . |
| 16 | The company behind the scam , Mandela , are refusing to fill in any more details , however , so we can only assume it 's another cash-in wind up . |
| 17 | Whether the public will want to keep on swallowing it is another matter . |
| 18 | He also followed up a rumour that another ME I 10 had crash-landed north of Glasgow the same night , although he did not get to the bottom of it , and assumed it was more evidence of the Scottish Saturday Night . |
| 19 | ‘ She reckons it were that chap she worked for , the one what lives in one of they new houses here in Upper Benbury . ’ |
| 20 | He conducted sermons , and met many Nez Perce headmen , including Tuekakas , of whom he wrote : ‘ If there is one among this multitude who it may be hoped has been everlastingly benefitted by the gospel , I should believe it is this man ’ . |
| 21 | All was well at first , but when she calved it was another story . |
| 22 | Well I do n't remember it being any hassle for me . |
| 23 | At the end of my talk the chairman of the session , John G. Taylor from Kings College , London , claimed it was all nonsense . |
| 24 | ‘ Was there someone else around you would rather she had married ? ’ he asked bluntly , deciding it was that sort of conversation . |
| 25 | Police suspect it was some form of protest . |
| 26 | Fringe , flat out at racing pace , had a wildness about him I could n't really control and I guessed it was that quality which won him races . |
| 27 | Well I 'm not sure I mean it 's interest I mean the the Council erm with another the Council looked upon attendances of the things Council do and many people who use the facilities in Harlow will argue we do n't get anything like this where we live and we always find it like that you know it 's that sort of mentality where people in Harlow may or may not say well course you get it in Harlow we expect it it 's just there it just saves we know it 's getting them people to use it but I talk to people I 'm sure people who live in Harlow or the Council to people and Harlow people tend to think well yes yes it 's all with always it 's always there . |
| 28 | I know it 's some time ago , but I do remember , vaguely . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll bet it was that woman who went to see the house after us yesterday . |
| 30 | When students come across it they assume it is some sort of technical language . |