Example sentences of "it [be] [pron] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this happens the rest of the school , who along the way have trained with the successful runner , may have beaten him on occasion , have been course markers , marshals , timekeepers , supporters and team-mates , really feel that sport is n't just another soap opera glimpsed on television or paraded through the back pages of the newspapers — it 's something that they are actively experiencing at first hand for themselves . |
| 2 | They believe that women are well aware of the power of their sexual attractiveness as well as their power of refusal , but it 's something that they accept cheerfully enough . |
| 3 | I think it 's something that they probably have to look at fairly seriously because er I think you do the Government a a lot of favours by going self-employed . |
| 4 | Well I think most kids are interested in counting er if it 's something that they 're interested in , but if they 're counting , erm , you know , little dots on a bit of paper or something , it 's boring , but if they 're |
| 5 | Only one day , but nevertheless it 's something that they will always remember and hopefully it will be just a spur for them to go on and do better things . |
| 6 | Well I , I can see it 's him when they 're |
| 7 | ‘ It 's you or them . |
| 8 | Once more , it 's Us and Them . |
| 9 | It 's us and them . |
| 10 | " It 's us or them , " one dealer kept saying , and this represented his firm 's attitude . |
| 11 | They 'd better learn : it 's us or them . |
| 12 | It is they and they only who have founded religions and composed artistic masterpieces . ’ |
| 13 | Logically , people live in a particular type of house because it is one that they can afford to purchase or rent and to maintain , so there is a rough and ready relationship between the value of their home and their income . |
| 14 | God says it is theirs whether they want it or not . |
| 15 | Well erm erm had a word with erm who was about oh fourth in line in the erm education hierarchy in those days and erm then spoke to who was the Chief Education Officer and er , I think they were a bit erm , bit apprehensive about employing a blind typist because erm it was something that they had never had any experience of but in the end they thought it was worth a try and er especially after supporting me at the College and erm also perhaps they had in mind that many of the erm employees would be leaving if war broke out and erm , in fact by that time war had probably started |
| 16 | Erm that in fact er whether it 's been on board accurately by the report er or not is , is a matter for er question , but it was something that they bore in mind when they where reaching their conclusion , so they believe that they have taken it into account . |