Example sentences of "it [is] [pron] of " in BNC.
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1 | because it 's nothing of a job . |
2 | ‘ It 's nothing of the sort , ’ she snorted . |
3 | oh it 's nothing of interest . |
4 | So it 's something of a treat that the Discovery has its first British airing at Motorfair . |
5 | AT FIRST sight it 's something of a puzzle how invertebrate animals without eyes measure daylength . |
6 | It 's something of a shock after the deserts of Utah and Arizona to be greeted by Canadian-style pine forests and snow showers in early June . |
7 | And then again I think it is escapism for some of them to get pregnant where there 's so much unemployment , it 's something of their own to be proud about . |
8 | ‘ You could say it 's something of an embarrassment . ’ |
9 | It 's something of a comedown for the band who 've just had their first taste of the big time supporting Peter Gabriel in Europe . |
10 | It 's something of Orrie 's , actually . |
11 | It 's something of a miracle that Posh are still alive . |
12 | There is a a colossal amount of inconsistency er of a kind that if we were to practice such inconsistency in our courts there would be there would be absolute outcry and it 's it 's something of a scandal I think that er that the police and the executive generally are apparently able to get away with inconsistencies which we are not . |
13 | It 's something of a comedown for the band who 've just had their first taste of the big time supporting Peter Gabriel in Europe . |
14 | For a world class decathlete it 's something of a gear change . |
15 | Joan Gibbs says she really wanted a racehorse but could n't afford it and so she bought a greyhound and that 's the next best thing … it 's something of yours |
16 | It 's something of a performance load carrier , with a top speed of mph and 0– mph sprint time to 8. seconds . |
17 | It 's something of a social occasion , ’ said Dr Williams . |
18 | And it 's which of the expenditure bands would you be in ? |
19 | No no it 's which of er |
20 | Well it 's it 's plenty of time . |
21 | Anyway it 's plenty of time |
22 | It 's none of my business — but I would stress that the IRA never requested that I buy any such items for them . ’ |
23 | ‘ Look , it 's none of your business where I go , ’ he said . |
24 | ‘ Do n't bother me ; it 's none of your business . ’ |
25 | We know it 's none of us new boys , so — ’ |
26 | It 's none of our business . |
27 | ‘ It 's none of her business . ’ |
28 | The Crow Road , which masquerades as a comfortably sequential Bildungsroman ( it 's none of those ) , is also very much about the imagination and its processes . |
29 | Less cryptic was Barbara Bush , who once fumed at me after I made a similar enquiry : ‘ It 's none of your business and absolutely not … |
30 | And I do n't intend to meddle in your family life — if you ca n't talk to each other , it 's none of my business . ’ |