Example sentences of "[noun sg] it be [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 You have an opportunity through experience for knowing better than anyone else what is at stake and how much effort it takes , and what a loss it is if you do n't do everything you can to make your partner contented .
2 ‘ If there was a problem with this piece it is that it is not unique ’ , said Millerand .
3 Oh all of my stuff has been up in the loft it 's like you say , I mean if they 've been double wrapped and everything and you wash them
4 And erm so we set off and I ca n't remember which village it was but it was towards the Humber Estuary somewhere and it was what I call a cul-de-sac village .
5 I mean t to for the cooking that they did for a pub it was and we had duckling and salmon , poached
6 ‘ The mystery of the coming of a new creature is a great mystery ad incomprehensible , Mrs Virginsky , and what a pity it is that you do n't understand it . '
7 What a pity it was that he should have to live in that depressing room .
8 As can be seen from the above it is possible to give questions a greater focus of purpose by considering what process it is that you wish the pupils to go through .
9 And er I do do n't know which day it was but she was sitting there fed up second day I 'm thinking she said well I , I 'm going home tomorrow , so I said no you 're staying in for the week !
10 Tug had forgotten what day it was until he heard the bells .
11 You must describe to yourself precisely what behaviour it is that you are going to observe .
12 But if I overstepped the mark it was because you made the running . ’
13 Such a nuisance it is because it 's a condition which makes you tire more easily , leaving you short of energy and breath .
14 When dey blow a whistle it 's because dey dig de style
15 So , those who do not support hunting will do nothing practical to protect foxes , if they vote for this motion today in that respect it is and I suggest the people who move it know that it is , nothing but sanctimonious twaddle .
16 If Bloom is every kind of Dubliner it is because it falls to him to transact the unfinished business , to enact it and to get beyond it without dazzling gifts .
17 If his marriage was in trouble it was because he and Diana had not been given a chance .
18 Confronted by her misdemeanours , as he ended 28 years in prison , Mr Mandela observed with dignity that if his wife was in trouble it was because he had not been free to take proper care of her .
19 I 've got a feeling it is and I know if you
20 Friday twenty eighth of June passes without incident apart from a quick visit from the local constabulary asking us to consider what a dangerous stunt it is that we are trying to pull .
21 I du n no but like er say the d a driver 's coming this way , he wants to see how far down the road it is before it 's a blind spot again .
22 Well members of the jury it is because we 've set the course that acting upon in itself would not have been enough .
23 The sun is the size it is because it is so hot .
24 inch by two and you had to tell these dockers what size it was and they 'd take it out of that particular stack .
25 ‘ Only when it was in the net did I realise what size it was and it weighed 26 ob 8 oz , ’ added John who went on to bank five other pike , two of 8 lb 8 oz , and others of 10 lb , 11lb and 14 lb .
26 She said most of it was it was n't the actual looking at the hole it was that she was hurting him pushing it in .
27 ‘ In this case it 's because they believe you 've tricked them over the supposed disappearance of Clarion Call .
28 In part it is because they too have unknowingly taken in the prevailing stereotypes .
29 Erm I forget which discussant it was but it it 's wrong to think that there 's a difference I think between erm me , I was being characteritured as wanting a site specific policy , and Harrogate who were being characteritured as wanting a criteria based policy .
30 Now if we can get a proper public transport system , a properly funded public transport system which will make , you can force people off the roads but you can also force them to persuade the approach with a properly funded er public transport system which is A priced within the peoples pockets and B er you can lead to views that will be er , er will be a great advantage for the area and the fifth terminal at Heathrow could fall par to this structure but if this new structure is n't there and if it is n't part of this adequately funded transport system then there is no point in , in building it was as I said earlier be , be madness .
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