Example sentences of "[adv] it be [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it 's his ideal part , though at times too low . |
| 2 | I do n't know whether , whether it sort of erm rang any bells with you but normally if you 're in a house people do n't offer you dri they usually say would you like a cup of tea or a cup of coffee and I just wondered , perhaps it 's my suspicious nature , whether this guy 's got a drink problem |
| 3 | Perhaps it was her soft , drawling voice or the fact that , no matter how interesting the topic of your conversation , you would inevitably see her smothering amiable yawns as you talked ; you would see the muscles of her jaw tighten and the tears start from her eyes as she tried to repress them . |
| 4 | Perhaps it was her artistic temperament — it was impossible to know for certain . |
| 5 | Perhaps it was her over-active imagination , or maybe she was getting used to that strange bland face and the enormous overhanging whale-like brow , but she felt she saw fear flit across it , momentarily . |
| 6 | Perhaps it was her own pride reawakening after all these weeks which prompted her to defy Luke 's distaste , albeit only after she was sure he was asleep , moving up close to his back again , lifting an arm and curving it loosely over the side of his body . |
| 7 | Perhaps it was their very greatness that made her so — one could n't be noble all the time . |
| 8 | Perhaps it was his puritanical upbringing . |
| 9 | I know it was a learner like and obviously it was her first time out . |
| 10 | So , so the people that are not making any money out of it by doing it are selling it to them very cheap so it is their own fault ! |
| 11 | If so it is our oldest artefact . |
| 12 | So it 's my great pleasure to declare congress open and to welcome everybody to Portsmouth . |
| 13 | So it was his last trip and he 's waiting to hear something now so |
| 14 | I think its very significant , here we are and lots of people have admitted to being a victim of crime but statistics show that twenty five per cent of women will be assaulted within a relationship and yet no women here has said that and that 's probably because the women who have been so assaulted feels somehow it is their own fault , its somehow shameful . |
| 15 | She has said more than once it was her favourite haunt , ’ said the spokesman . |
| 16 | They are playing that song they play , probably it 's their national anthem , and the cameras linger on Keith , the clean black planes of his face , his serious eyes , his tight curly hair … |
| 17 | Now it is my beautiful Ma who has the wrinkles ! |
| 18 | He smiled his rather pale , somewhat wintry smile and said ‘ Thank you gentlemen , and now it is my painful duty to set you your homework ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ And this was Christian 's Il-Quccija , but now it 's our private start to the Mnarja festival . |
| 20 | Now it was her professional voice , quick and cool , the doctor 's wife taking another message down . |
| 21 | Okay now erm , there 's a slight change of plan because er following one or two of the classes last week I realized that erm I had n't made myself very well understood last week and er what came back from one or two people was rather garbled , and really it 's my own fault because I probably tried to do too much too quickly and as a result perhaps er did n't make myself clear . |
| 22 | The survival of ancient sites depended on the whim of their owners , and often it was their own ‘ weight and worthlessness ’ that was their best protection . |
| 23 | This he usually did , and often it was his eldest son . |
| 24 | Typically it 's their own bloody fault |
| 25 | I said well it 's his bleeding fault as well as yours . |
| 26 | Well it 's his fucking ! |
| 27 | So I thought , well it 's your own fault int it ? |
| 28 | He got the sack , cos he got up and left his job overslept and annoyed erm Rachael because she woke him up twice and said come on you 've got to go to work , he said alright then , she , she went back to bed thinking he 'd get up and of course he were still laying in bed , I woke him up at five to eleven , said come on you 're an hour late , but when he got down there they said no it 's no good you 've got the sack , and he said well it 's your own fault then cos you were woke up twice by Rachael at nine o'clock , he had n't , he could have got up and gone to work , just idle we met him twice , it really upset him |
| 29 | Oh well it was his great aunt |
| 30 | Oh well it was your last night , you go back today . |