Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] of you " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ It 's sweet of you to say that . |
| 32 | " It 's sweet of you to ask me , " I said , " but I 'd better not " |
| 33 | It 's sweet of you . |
| 34 | ‘ Oh , it is good of you , dear , it really is . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ It is good of you to save Ernestine the trouble of the stairs , mon cher . |
| 36 | It is nice of you to have stayed to greet him , really . |
| 37 | Her marriage troubles appeared to be firmly under wraps as she told delegates at a Motor Neurone Disease Association conference in Solihull : ‘ It is good to be here again and it is nice of you to have me . ’ |
| 38 | I know it is all of you , body and soul … there is nothing dim or mysterious in our love that we can not fathom or understand. , It was a creed she held tenaciously — sometimes blindly — to the end of her life . |
| 39 | I think it is rebellious of you , that you can not be bothered to find a falsehood with which to flatter me . ’ |
| 40 | Adamus , it is unfair of you to shut me out . |
| 41 | Mr Major praised his work yesterday and , in a reply to Mr Garel-Jones , said : ‘ It is characteristic of you to wish to see through the legislation you have been working on , and it is what your colleagues would have expected of you . |
| 42 | They also eat about 3,000 midges a night each , a contribution to Scottish life which it is churlish of you not to acknowledge ! |
| 43 | It is kind of you to be so understanding about Mrs Howard 's going — only another writer could be . |
| 44 | ‘ It is kind of you to care . ’ |
| 45 | ‘ It is brave of you to come , ’ he observed , his mind still in the kitchen where his unsupervised pupils were no doubt ruining the John Dory . |
| 46 | ‘ It is charming of you to have invited me , Mrs Wallington . |
| 47 | She hesitated , and then said very sweetly to comfort him : ‘ And it was nice of you to think of my reputation . ’ |
| 48 | It was thoughtful of you , but it would choke me . ’ |
| 49 | Somebody erm said they were going to , and it was n't me so it was one of you three , said they were going to check if the ball was having a speaker this year . |
| 50 | ‘ Mrs Wilson , it was good of you to agree to see me . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ It was good of you to arrive so promptly . |
| 52 | ‘ It was good of you to come , Master Clerk , ’ he said in perfect English with only a trace of a French accent . |
| 53 | ‘ It was good of you to come , Richie . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ It was good of you to give the shoemaker 's daughter work , ’ Craig said taking a sip of the brandy . |
| 55 | Mrs Naulls said lucidly , as if veils had suddenly , when it was too late , fallen from her mind and her speech , " It was good of you to come , dear . |
| 56 | It was good of you to come at such short notice and lucky for me that you had no date for this evening , as you so easily might have done . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ All the same , ’ Merrill persisted doggedly , determined to get through to him , ‘ it was good of you to return it so promptly . |
| 58 | ‘ It was good of you to get in touch with me , Simon , ’ she murmured as he hooked down the loft-ladder and she followed him up into the roof space . |
| 59 | ‘ It was clever of you to work out the connection with Jim Lancaster , ma'am . ’ |
| 60 | It was arrogant of you to assume that I was inadequate ! |