Example sentences of "[is] a pity he " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's a pity he is not a bit more French . ’
2 I SYMPATHISE with Kevin Eason after his car accident but it 's a pity he did n't mention the fire brigade whose members help save thousands of lives on our roads .
3 In fact , it 's a pity he is n't in the game now .
4 ‘ It 's a pity he ca n't kill himself with drink , ’ muttered Heathcliff .
5 ‘ It 's a pity he is n't a lecher , ’ said the Archdeacon with regret .
6 ‘ It 's a pity he does n't have it repaired instead , ’ Sabine said .
7 ‘ It 's a pity he did n't get a surprise and find himself dead .
8 It 's a pity he could n't stick to something like that cos I mean ex-policemen can get jobs like that no trouble ca n't they ?
9 It 's a pity he do n't go and do that it 's a pity he ca n't drive and go and do that
10 It 's a pity he do n't go and do that it 's a pity he ca n't drive and go and do that
11 What Coetzee 's work suggests , and it is a pity he does not pursue this point fully , is that in Britain before 1914 the potential fragmentation of the political right was contained .
12 We were friends but it is a pity he did not make that clear . ’
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