Example sentences of "it be [adj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she were in a hurry an' it were ready I said you 'd send on t' bill . ’ |
| 2 | She wondered whether it were conceivable he had forgotten about it . |
| 3 | But it 's vain You write what you want to hear . |
| 4 | I mean it 's , it 's general I suppose I mean if it would be better to switch it on and off which you can do and er , you know , I mean we ca n't sit here continually talking |
| 5 | it 's surprising he 's found them this |
| 6 | Oh , it 's brilliant you know I mean er , I 've I 've telling him what I 've doing this week . |
| 7 | sure you know er got ta give praise where it 's due you know |
| 8 | alright if it does n't rain actually so it would n't matter if they did n't have treads on er treads on the tyres if it 's dry it does n't really matter you just go round slicks and |
| 9 | ‘ I was hoping for platinum-blonde , or red , but now it 's dry I find it 's plain old mouse . ’ |
| 10 | It 's awful you sit and think about it . |
| 11 | It 's awful you see because it 's so |
| 12 | C it 's awful I know . |
| 13 | It 's corrective you see now this is the idea of it |
| 14 | And er now it 's accepted I suppose and young firemen joining now would n't , would n't know any different , and they 'll probably be able to manage much better than I would on a fire station . |
| 15 | Marilyn 's it it 's not right down to the ankles but it 's reasonable you know and it 's peach . |
| 16 | It 's warm you 've dropped a sock . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's strange you mention that , ’ MacAirth muttered . |
| 18 | It 's strange you have an image in your mind of the particular person you want for the particular role . |
| 19 | It 's possible they killed him ( even though the police in England were convinced his death was an accident ) . |
| 20 | God it 's possible we had one . |
| 21 | Yeah yeah well it sounds sounds as though it 's possible you know you may have to I mean in the end you might have to sort of compromise it and actually do this valuation thing . |
| 22 | I suppose it 's possible you 've set tripwires , ’ he went on , ‘ but I have excellent night vision . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It 's possible you have , ’ said Henry . |
| 24 | It 's possible I 've used it but I do n't erm do n't recall . |
| 25 | It 's possible I knew subconsciously all along what I was going to do with the gun . |
| 26 | In the end I bullied Andy , I said , Andy there is something fishy about this fire he said well it 's possible he said that it was erm a display model and every time anybody came in and needed a replacement part instead of sending for the part they took it out of the display model ! |
| 27 | I suppose it 's possible he had a row with Nicola and killed her . ’ |
| 28 | He said : ‘ It 's possible she saw Miss Arrow around the place . |
| 29 | Anyway it 's possible she 's never been there and may possibly know nothing about it . ’ |
| 30 | a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work . |