Example sentences of "it be [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would it be worth your while to consider sending for the chairman not only of the 1922 committee but also of the parliamentary Labour party so that the leaders of the respective parties in Parliament can discuss with you the conduct last night ? |
| 2 | How could it be in my head ? |
| 3 | ‘ Would it be against your will , Polly ? |
| 4 | Erm , it was not possible to get your views in , as it were , personnel terms rather than financial terms on that er report , but er as it were on your behalf , we supported the Treasurer 's er recommendation for reasons set out in paragraph one four , and if I can er explain that for you a little little more , de-regulation could mean , that each employing authority has it 's own scheme of superannuation , or not , and if not would simply leave employees in a position of taking them off the state scheme S E R P S or going for a personal pension . |
| 5 | When the job is over , I then write a brief summary appraisal , as it were on his performance . |
| 6 | In the case of a private company , a pre-1982 pre-emptive requirement is to be treated as if it were in its memorandum or articles so long as it remains a private company . |
| 7 | The work of the craftsman is to realise an inner idea in a way that is beautiful , useful and enduring , and as his work is the object of his satisfaction and delight ( " if it were in his power to produce an effect which would know and love him , this he would assuredly do " ) , so man is created for God who alone satisfies his nature . |
| 8 | I should happily give way — if it were in my power to do so — to give them the opportunity to dissociate themselves from that appalling motion . |
| 9 | ‘ I wish it were in my power to give you a faithful picture of this famed city of two years standing . |
| 10 | She wrote to the organisers : ‘ If it were in your mind to approach any B-division celebrities , I should say I shall be taking Jeffrey with me . ’ |
| 11 | The moor was all round the saucer in which Chesney lay but the best views of it were from his house , the last house before the road curved round . |
| 12 | I would like to think that if Freud were alive today , he would have said the same thing , of course when Freud wrote this book in nineteen twenty one er there was no such thing as group psychotherapy it had n't been invented yet , it was to become very much after World War Two but partly existed before and perhaps it 's past its peak now , but erm it did become very much a after World War Two and the point I made was and this is really wh wh what Heather ha h has just said , that if you take Freud 's book on , on group seriously , how can you do group psychoanalysis ? |
| 13 | I think he favours an intimate setting , but , ’ and Simone laughed , ‘ I told him that engaged women only favour intimate settings when it 's with their fiancé . |
| 14 | Gwendoline , I think , look it 's on her leg . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's on its way out , I think . |
| 16 | ‘ You mean it 's on its way and no one 's driving it ? ’ |
| 17 | It 's on its way ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Have you told security it 's on its way ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's on its way , ’ he shouted above the hammering as she jumped out of the car . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's on its way . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It 's on its way , but you could ‘ phone in for an ambulance . ’ |
| 22 | It 's on its way mum , and if it 's o they |
| 23 | say it 's on its way , it 's on its way ! |
| 24 | say it 's on its way , it 's on its way ! |
| 25 | So if he phones up I can say , you know it 's on its way as it were . |
| 26 | NORTHERN Ireland 's reigning GP14 world champions , Paul and Mark Fekkes from Larne , will be missing this year 's first major event of the season — and it 's on their home waters . |
| 27 | they 're taking four , it 's on their list of four |
| 28 | but it 's , but er it 's on me bill two pound , you know I 've got that on er , these two things on |
| 29 | Well it 's on his way home . |
| 30 | It 's on his coat now . |