Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | Well it 's always takes a long time . |
| 32 | It 's always held a special meaning for me , and when the development is completed I have every intention of moving back into the area and making my home here . |
| 33 | And it 's always meant a notoriously steep learning curve . |
| 34 | It 's currently recruiting a Paris-based Central European manager who will be responsible for French , German , Italian , Spanish and other markets ; SunSolutions claims 900 ShowMe licensees across Europe . |
| 35 | It 's currently recruiting a Paris-based Central European manager who 'll be responsible for French , German , Italian , Spanish and other markets . |
| 36 | ( film of ambulance ; male voice over ) ‘ … it 's nice transport — even sleeps two … but it 's never saved a life on its own ! |
| 37 | It ai n't suppose to be an engagement ring , it 's never called an engagement ring is it ? |
| 38 | it 's like writing an essay , you 've got to try and get as mi many things in as you would do when you if you were writing a full essay but instead of writing a paragraph on each thing you write a sentence on each thing try and cover as many bases , then , that 's how you how you get very good marks , it 's not , they are not trying to test your erm your deep knowledge about any one thing in these short answers they are testing the broad , broad venture of your , of your knowledge , alright , so what you want to try and do is to is a blunderbuss approach when you ans you answer these , these questions . |
| 39 | But I I th I think what we 're talking about is the fact th that Ma you know he 's writing in nineteen twenty seven , that , that he 's not quite sure about the means to an end , he 's sort of writing he , you know , it 's , in a way it 's like writing an essay |
| 40 | Yeah it literally it 's like sticking a sticking plaster on your legs and pulling it off . |
| 41 | It 's like covering a sofa . |
| 42 | It 's like fighting a losing battle is n't it ? |
| 43 | I think , yeah , it was my dad said , that the way they try to do combined science it 's like doing a combined maths and English paper . |
| 44 | That congress is an insult it 's like making a victim of crime pay compensation to the muggers . |
| 45 | It 's like playing a good game of squash , squash , to get a better game and it 's not so hard because you 're off to , you , you 're fit for the game . |
| 46 | I myself know only too well what it 's like to have a car stolen , so as a car is one of our most valuable possessions , it pays to take care of it at all times . |
| 47 | sort it out , just to sort it out , it 's like , it 's like cutting a lawn in n it ? |
| 48 | Well they used to , if a battery could n't be , you can charge it up but if it breaks through from one cell to the other a a across with sediment in the bottom , so it gaps that cell and that cell so you can charge it forever because the one 's discharging the other with the sediment that 's arrested in the bottom cos i it 's like putting a connection across , so it never actually charges . |
| 49 | Incidentally do n't ever try Femidom it 's like shagging a crisp packet or a freezer bag . |
| 50 | It 's like shagging a fucking crisp bag I 'm telling you . |
| 51 | Right , okay , cor it 's like driving a bus . |
| 52 | It 's like beating a dog , is n't it ? |
| 53 | You 're just asking too much , it 's like asking a bear not to touch a pot of honey . |
| 54 | The council will balance its budget this year but it 's only getting an increase of 6.5 per cent and it needs 8 per cent . |
| 55 | It 's only to create an impression when you 're doing it in the day time . |
| 56 | It 's only weighed a bit |
| 57 | Some of our members have lost their consolidated rate and it 's now become a bit of a running sore on the pay negotiations from last year , it needs to be sorted out , if confidence is to remain in last year 's pay , pay deal . |
| 58 | erm And as I said , we 're trying to , not that I 'm giving the opposite view to Doctor Plumtree , as I said , we 're trying to fund the people on the front line , you know , the foresters in their back yard , as it were , we 're trying to preserve it , and we also feel we 're not being patronising , it 's not like we 're writing out a large cheque and saying ’ here you are ’ , we 're actually putting a lot of time and effort into this , I mean , it 's now become a full time job for me and certainly for Dave Kester , and all the other people working on it . |
| 59 | ‘ It 's now become an annual event , one year here , the next in Barrow , where we played recently . |
| 60 | But it 's now facing a hostile takeover bid by a Suffolk based-brewery , Greene King . |