Example sentences of "it [be] the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , the very development by which IBM could have gained enormously had it been the initiator led , a few short and bumpy years later , to the same results . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ said the home-help , ‘ it were the Warden found her , not me . |
| 3 | The window in the bedroom was very small and all he could see through it were the roof-tops lit , as the previous night , by a full moon . |
| 4 | where I 've dropped it for , well then , it 's the toilet brush you see , I 've been going like this with the toilet |
| 5 | Tell us Mr Chairman , it 's the second to last of the yellow sheets , I mean the block of sheets , the next to last but one in the , in the of , start at the back . |
| 6 | It 's the badger living up to it 's cute and cuddly public image . |
| 7 | It 's the sex Do you sex |
| 8 | No , they it 's the council collects it and in Uttlesford , that 's why I said we should get at the same time an Uttlesford councillor because I would |
| 9 | This is n't the opposition talking the country down , it 's the government doing the country down . |
| 10 | Ion deposition has never laid claim to be a quality method but for high volume work it 's the way to go as it is a virtually indestructible technology . |
| 11 | It 's the way to ruin your clients . |
| 12 | It 's the way to breach the drift defence — change direction or swamp them by numbers . |
| 13 | The glossy commercial features a killer whale … several seal lions and a voice-over by Angus Deayton , but some people are sceptical whether it 's the way to create the right impression |
| 14 | It 's the TV Jeeves with the pricey sneeze ! |
| 15 | It 's the Master speaking , McAllister . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not the arms sales that are secret — it 's the figures involved , ’ says Mohammed . |
| 17 | Well , we do n't know whether it 's the floor drying out or not , we thought floor was near enough dried out , but it were just |
| 18 | It 's the name given to the bilge drain tube on inflatables. 10. a : The Sound of Mull ; b : Seven miles southwest of Land 's End ; c : At Doolin on the west coast of Ireland . |
| 19 | Erm and er perhaps it 's the owners wanting to look rather big . |
| 20 | it 's the follow up it 's the phone calling |
| 21 | ‘ It 's the heavens rejoicing , ’ he told her with firm surety . |
| 22 | Over a period of time , it 's the meetings to begin with , but if you could then reach a stage where she could sort most problems out herself and only came to you when necessary . |
| 23 | It 's the day to get things done is n't it ? |
| 24 | So the membrane then hyperpolarizes , but the stimulus is still present , and that 's tending to lead to a depolarization , so we get then this circle of membrane depolarization followed by hyperpolarization , but it 's the calcium activated K channels which are tending to restore the membrane potential to negative values . |
| 25 | Yeah the clock , the clock 's there I always get groups that say where 's the clock cos they ca n't sort of see where it is and I 'm sort of saying it 's the angle tell the time . |
| 26 | instead of the monarchy going out and they 're supported by the tax payer if the monarchy go and , say it 's the queen goes |
| 27 | It 's the school does it . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's the women dancing , Sir John . ’ |
| 29 | It 's the door facing you at the top of the stairs . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's the stuff to give the troops , Jos says . ’ |