Example sentences of "to [pron] it [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I explained to them it 's because having been unemployed most of my professional life that I 've always been short of money and that 's what 's led me to work on very cheap materials . |
| 2 | Thus , in the following , he can naturally be interpreted as referring to whoever it is that John refers to : ( 39 ) John came in and he lit a fire We will return to anaphora , but just note here that it is perfectly possible , as Lyons ( 1977a : 676 ) points out , for a deictic term to be used both anaphorically and deictically . |
| 3 | The first few days after the burial she had felt like dying herself , mostly of shame , but she had set about her tasks with the same efficiency as always , and if she did n't speak to anyone it was because words would have brought fresh tears . |
| 4 | In his public utterances Bohr was always very cautious about committing himself to what it is that actually is . |
| 5 | It is not illegal to carry out development without permission but the planning authority ( and only they ) can , if they so wish , take action to put the position back physically to what it was before the development took place . |
| 6 | The number of military personnel in Panama is now close to what it was before the operation began . |
| 7 | So the conjunction of these two words effectively prevents the raising of the question as to what it was that they were saying . |
| 8 | It 's far far different I I I think to what it was as I say , er well five , ten years ago . |
| 9 | Yeah well er the shoeing today is completely different to what it was when I started nearly sixty year ago . |
| 10 | You , you ha you establish a rapport of listening for a little while to whatever it is that they 've got to say , and their troubles and their anxieties and I was n't happy that |
| 11 | ‘ Her doctor feels that if he could get her to face up to whatever it was that had such a damaging effect on her as a young child , then she would … well , take a grip on life again , see Harry in a different light , enjoy him , in fact , instead of escaping into illness as a way out of all her responsibilities . ’ |
| 12 | Panic , that was the first reaction to whatever it was that had just happened . |