Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [coord] it 's " in BNC.

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1 So I 'm v I 'm a bit vague about it , you may well be right and it 's two years
2 It 's supposed to be non-stick but it 's not .
3 Benazir Bhutto looks to be strong but it 's a coalition of convenience not conviction , in a country where politics follows the rules of war , opposition means nothing , winning is everything .
4 I could have said anything , made an excuse , but I wanted to be straight and it 's only making things worse . ’
5 Arthur is inclined to be delicate and it 's feared he has not long to live .
6 It may not be perfect but it 's 90% more perfect than no ‘ cat ’ at all .
7 The tone of these programmes tends to be relentlessly promotional , but the occasional clip might be useable and it 's a source worth investigating if you are short of materials .
8 The atmosphere may as they say be electric but it 's nothing compared with the nervous energy being generated in this box .
9 Well that would be welcome but it 's fine , and it should be down to me to do it , but you are all welcome .
10 ‘ We 're keeping our fingers crossed she 's going to be okay but it 's a worry when she 's ill in that area .
11 It 's not it might be obvious but it 's not true .
12 it might be obvious but it 's not a good idea
13 They 're very pleased at that because I mean they obviously found it to be useful , erm we proved it to be useful and it 's nice to see them all taking on this responsibility now , now and doing it , because that 's all progress .
14 I told her I 'd be late but it 's already seven . ’
15 ‘ We told Mum we would n't be late and it 's getting dark , ’ I mumbled .
16 The pattern may be complicated but it 's a darned sight easier than you . ’
17 I do not mean it in any ideological sense or historical sense or to be provocative but it 's very , it 's with very deep feelings that I speak to you today because you may not understand it but for me , after thirty three years in exile I was able to return to South Africa in nineteen ninety one and one of the first activities to which I was invited was the annual meeting of Cosatu And so when we say comrades in that sense , and thank you as comrades we mean it as comrades in arms .
18 ‘ We all want F1 to be successful but it 's going in the wrong direction . ’
19 And for all the hoopla about NT one would think the thing would be multi-user but it 's not .
20 You have to have confidence in your own ability and being black is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned 'cause I 've had to sample bits and pieces of how life can be nasty and it 's done me good .
21 What Terri Hooley , Dave Sinton and Johnny Hero have discovered may not be new but it 's potentially revolutionary .
22 I try hard not to be bitter but it 's not easy . ’
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