Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] it be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Ferguson insists it is not too late for United to get back in the hunt . |
| 2 | Constituency secretary Rita Taylor insists it is otherwise . |
| 3 | But Harwell insists it was only a minor leak and the public was n't in danger . |
| 4 | But , once through the heavy smoked-glass entrance doors , Luce found it was surprisingly luxurious , with cool marble floors and crystal chandeliers . |
| 5 | John wrote to Hanns during rehearsals that ‘ Lionel and Lillian say it 's most difficult pas de deux they 've ever had to do . ’ |
| 6 | The overlords at Citroen say it 's just a show car , but with Peugeot and Citroen able endlessly to vary the mix of 605s and XMs that come off the shared line at Sochoux , a third model , an XM coupe , is not an impossibility . |
| 7 | Ari found it was strangely comforting to be told how confused Ewan had been at the time he 'd turned his back on his family . |
| 8 | Yeah well Richard does that Richard says it 's not bus it 's bus . |
| 9 | YJ Lovell , which is currently bidding £137million for fellow builder Higgs & Hill says it is too soon to comment on current trading but its profits for the year to September 30 , rose from £24.4million to £33.3million . |
| 10 | YJ Lovell , which is currently bidding £137million for fellow builder Higgs & Hill says it is too soon to comment on current trading but its profits for the year to September 30 , rose from £24.4million to £33.3million . |
| 11 | Feeling the pinch after Compaq Computer Corp 's recent price reductions , ZDS says it 's also working to bring its pricing policies more in line with its competition . |
| 12 | Despite its problems ( see page 1 ) OSF says it is still shooting for self-sufficiency by 1994 . |
| 13 | Well Kay says it 's not on Income Support , it 's children under five , over sixty and er disabled |
| 14 | But Labour 's Pam Tatlow says it 's politically unfair . |
| 15 | ‘ Jefferson reckons it was just a touch of colic . |
| 16 | David find it being there ? |
| 17 | Kathleen knew it was only a case of stalling for time , but every day that passed brought new understanding of this enigmatic man who had captured her heart . |
| 18 | Hari knew it was mostly done to help Craig and yet Edward Morris seemed to like her work a great deal . |
| 19 | Just because it was all those things , Steven knew it was also proof that , after all these years , he was really and truly one of the grown-ups . |
| 20 | I was n't too impressed with this — I 'd rather have seen a film — but Andy thought it was all right , so I did too . |
| 21 | Mr Crosbie said it was very flattering to be nominated by his school board and to have recognition of the work of the whole school . |
| 22 | Mr Murdoch said it was too early to say whether the firm could be sold on as a going concern ; much depended on negotiating settlements on contracts . |
| 23 | Mr Hunsley said it was now up to the AA to find other duty solicitors . |
| 24 | Mr Hunsley said it was now up to the AA to find other duty solicitors . |
| 25 | ‘ Maisie said it 's only a precaution . ’ |
| 26 | Dionne said it was n't love , but who 's counting ? |
| 27 | Oldfield said it was entirely his fault , but coming so soon after the Woodfull affair , the crowd went berserk again . |
| 28 | Markby hoped it was n't intended to imitate him . |
| 29 | But Richard said it was n't necessary . |
| 30 | Well , his theory was that this guy was a writer or something , a historian or somebody like that , and Freud said it 's quite likely that in the past he had had either dreams about a similar dream or conscious fantasies about how he would have felt if he 'd been in the French Revolution and what might have happened to him . |