Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's tremendous as it 's been dry for 10 years . |
| 2 | So make sure it 's safe , take your casualty from the cause , you may have to resuscitate , now if a person swallows something by mouth , there 's two types of poisons , one can go by mouth and one is er corrosive and the other is non-corrosive , but at the same time you have a liquid or tablets , now if it 's a corrosive liquid that you have swallowed or somebody has swallowed , it 's burning as it 's going down , and may I say in first aid you never ever on any circumstances make anybody sick er especially poisons , can you imagine if it 's burnt going down it 's probably perforated the food pipe and somebody comes along and overdoses on the water , because you can give sips of water for corrosive , well it 's because you 're trying to keep the airway open , if it 's burning , corrosive is burning you 'll get swelling , so this is why you give sips of water , but if you give too much your casualty will be sick and if it 's burnt going down and perforated the tubes and they 're bringing it up again it 's gon na burn coming up and go into those perforations that and cause further damage . |
| 3 | It 's strange as I look back ; friendships shall never be the same ; or opinions of Officers , especially Officers . |
| 4 | I could imagine institutions , for example , being told to be in a different position perhaps in five years ' time or ten years ' time , and being able to do this by a variety of means , working towards it , whereas , it seems to me it 's a very much harder problem , although it 's , it 's understandable as I said in the , in the present circumstances , to actually be able to take on this properly and do a proper job of change in a time scale of perhaps one year or maybe even less than that in some cases . |
| 5 | It 's nice as it is right . |
| 6 | exactly , it 's the only way you can do it and I would n't do it any other way , because I do n't bel I do n't , I do n't think it 's fair , if I was using the phone continually I 'd get rather annoyed , I mean that I 'd , they 'd have a right to be annoyed , but as I do n't I think it 's ridiculous so I 'm not hardly surprised at all , so I think it 's stupid as you say , but there you go . |
| 7 | You know it 's sometimes it 's hard as they get the ball so far forward . |
| 8 | There are some changes er from the er last Pisa outing and er is not the regular goalkeeper but er clearly that er that jersey which is luminous at the back , it has a number one on the back and it 's luminous as he turns round . |
| 9 | I think it 's outrageous as I could have been killed . |
| 10 | it 's clean as he was when he was new . |
| 11 | No , it 's fine as it is , thank you . |
| 12 | No , I think it 's pretty as I said , we can reduce it a bit . |
| 13 | I do n't think it 's acceptable as it is . |
| 14 | Well , it 's same as me lately , I 've got my pension book laid on there with my money in and my purse in there . |
| 15 | It is meaningless as it makes no effort to establish who is doing the expecting in such a typical manner . |
| 16 | It is context-specific as it relates to a particular set of actors . |
| 17 | If you enjoy penetrative sex and would like your partner to use a condom , his response might range from ‘ it interrupts making love ’ , ‘ it reduces my sensitivity ’ , or ‘ it is unnecessary as we trust each other ’ . |
| 18 | And that we actually op adopted a b a modern sensible er , reasonable attitude towards all living creatures and that we do today vote to ban fox hunting it is anachronistic as I said earlier , it is not necessary it actually causes harm , not only does it cause harm to foxes , but at least in one case , which is sufficient for me to continue my support for the ban damage to the people in my area . |
| 19 | It is formative as it is based on qualitative judgements which are the basis for future action |
| 20 | But it is bulky as it is printed on one side of the page only . |
| 21 | Er it is important as I 've said about , we were talking a moment ago |
| 22 | As a method of thought it is important as it helps to prevent had ideas or decisions from being implemented . |
| 23 | In practice it is unrealistic as it calls for at least two freshly laundered or new cloths , a paper towel and three water changes . |
| 24 | Do n't try to remove anything before it is ready as it will only go wrong in the long run , making all your work so far a complete waste of effort . |
| 25 | For their part it was unnecessary as they only drank what had been boiled for tea or coffee , whereas I often drank water on its own or with fruit cordial . ) |
| 26 | It was dark as they sailed back up river to Lees ' wharf . |
| 27 | It was much as I had expected . |
| 28 | Her ever-loyal husband insisted it was business-as-usual as he acted as a steward as Cheltenham Races . |
| 29 | It was familiar as he rolled and thrashed , his hands at last finding what he sought , his fingers pressing the soft flesh of Ho 's throat . |
| 30 | It was cold as they walked out to the executive jet . |