Example sentences of "it [is] [pron] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I think it 's they look for the number of stamps used rather if it 's what you
2 So however And then you start you 've got to start and use very little polish and very little methylated spirits and what we call to work out the the all that oil has to be lifted out and it 's you dra it 's you work in circles and work in circles cos that fills in the pores and then near when you 're on maybe bout the last th th takes about three or four coats you know , working on it All depends just how how how long it takes to get it filled up .
3 Police must ‘ find out from our consumers what it is they require from us , how sensitive we are being to their needs and how satisfied they are with the service ’ .
4 He used it as a chemical store once it had been deconsecrated or whatever it is they do to unused churches .
5 Erm , I think many of the young people especially go through , never seem to have an interlock er , together to create er , whatever it is they want to .
6 Well I think that rather depends on saying fairly concisely what it is we mean by science .
7 Well I think that rather depends on saying fairly concisely what it is we mean by science .
8 As it is we search for interpretations of early Modernism in her work .
9 It takes time to understand this need , but I believe that the more we write , the more fully we grasp why it is we want to , have to .
10 We do not have to specify what it is we want to any analyst who in turn specifies it to a programmer who then writes a program .
11 I perhaps have worked out , I need a clerical assistant and so forth , I might need a small van to actually take my widget on a Friday , to Widget , or Big Widget factory , or whatever it is I do with these widgets .
12 But as it is I feel before the world as Sidney before Stella ( Sonnet L )
13 It is I think with great regret that we receive her resignation er but understand it .
14 At this juncture Chairman er it is I think worth reemphasizing that the County Council is progressing a further selective alteration to the structure plan , not a fundamental review of the strategic approach or indeed the policies which give effect to it .
15 Helen was confident that her love would remove all doubts : ‘ I do not ‘ darkly feel ’ what it is I love in you .
16 mind you , you 'll be surprised how wide it is you know from your steps from your pipe to your wall there Ken
17 Well if you 're going to ask some poor devil to clean er a carriage out is n't it fair to tell them what it is you mean by clean ?
18 You need to make it clear to the recipient what it is you want of them .
19 ‘ And have you got any idea of what it is you do to me , Maria ?
20 I ca n't for the life of me understand what it is you see in it .
21 Since they look a little strange when X-Rayed , security may open your case to see what it is you have in there .
22 They it is who tend to be always insisting this or that figure is the one to emulate , or repeating what some particular hero is said to have pronounced upon professional matters .
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