Example sentences of "it be [adj] [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman and that do n't s I mean if you 're having just an argument it 's raised voices but a woman does n't scream and cry like that unless |
| 2 | We think it 's essential reading but then we would say that would n't we . |
| 3 | It 's great stuff but an act that should not be taken too literally . |
| 4 | I know it 's boring Trev but what do you want me to do , done some work actually , you ai n't gon na do some work |
| 5 | He says it 's useful information but it does raise the question of how many other people have not come forward . |
| 6 | It 's familiar fare but a compelling read . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's good news but not great news yet ’ . |
| 8 | Mr said he did n't have the heart to tell them how , you might think it 's good value but he did n't when he 'd only paid fifteen pounds fifty a ticket . |
| 9 | It 's early days but if the injury hung around and I thought that pulling out of the world championships was a necessary course of action to prevent more serious problems , I 'd do it without hesitation . ’ |
| 10 | It 's hard work but very rewarding . |
| 11 | It 's hard work but very satisfying — the most popular course . |
| 12 | It 's hard work but there 's always the thought that next year the garden will be even better . |
| 13 | It 's hard work but she copes |
| 14 | It 's hard work but once she smiles you know it 's all worth while . |
| 15 | Control alt it 's deleted segment but we do n't really need that . |
| 16 | It 's not , I mean , it 's music , and it 's pop music but it 's not . |
| 17 | it is , I said I 've given you a lot of time in the holidays and what have you come in and now you 're making a big song and dance about an hour and she said oh I 'm sorry I did n't mean to speak to you like that , but she did , she was just plain rude and really quite nasty , eh she should of yeah , and she should of told me that I was n't , becomes taking a lunch break and then she said well you could of taken half an hour , I said you did n't tell me well I said to her Matt rung up this morning and said to you , surveyor 's coming up to , at four o'clock , he wants both of us to be there so we know which way the windows will be and all the rest of it , just bear in mind , now I said to her I know it 's short notice but can I please go at four o'clock , she said yeah it is short notice but yeah no problem come in at eight o'clock tomorrow morning as a joke and then she totally changed her attitude when she came back from her thing mm yeah oh yeah that was nice of her well I said to her , I said to her oh I said to her look she would take |
| 18 | it is , I said I 've given you a lot of time in the holidays and what have you come in and now you 're making a big song and dance about an hour and she said oh I 'm sorry I did n't mean to speak to you like that , but she did , she was just plain rude and really quite nasty , eh she should of yeah , and she should of told me that I was n't , becomes taking a lunch break and then she said well you could of taken half an hour , I said you did n't tell me well I said to her Matt rung up this morning and said to you , surveyor 's coming up to , at four o'clock , he wants both of us to be there so we know which way the windows will be and all the rest of it , just bear in mind , now I said to her I know it 's short notice but can I please go at four o'clock , she said yeah it is short notice but yeah no problem come in at eight o'clock tomorrow morning as a joke and then she totally changed her attitude when she came back from her thing mm yeah oh yeah that was nice of her well I said to her , I said to her oh I said to her look she would take |
| 19 | It is hard work but the variety makes it stimulating and exciting . |
| 20 | It was late afternoon but not yet dusk when father and son began their homeward ride . |
| 21 | I hate to say it , but Clause 28 was greeted with a high degree of elation and excitement mixed with horror , a feeling of yes it was terrible news but at least we have an obvious enemy figure , as last an easy target to mobilise against . |
| 22 | It was easy sailing but unpleasant , the threat always there in the darkness and in the thick feel of the night air . |
| 23 | It was good fun but thank goodness my parents never learned of my involvement . |
| 24 | It was sheer outrage but to him it must have looked like guilt . |
| 25 | It was early afternoon but the sun was already low in the sky , the air as chilly as Dowd 's welcome . |
| 26 | A spokesman for the Inland Revenue said it was early days but added : ’ There are stringent quality controls to make sure the estate agents are doing their jobs properly . |
| 27 | I do n't know whether it was inspired intuition but he pinched the grating on the day of the Darrowby Gala . |
| 28 | It was hard work but we all felt rewarded at the end of the day — not like at Sakata — routine work and then out on your neck . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It was hard work but they did a fantastic job on me . |
| 30 | It was hard work but brilliant . |