Example sentences of "it [be] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long had it been since she had let anyone come this close , comfort her , try to ease her fears ? |
| 2 | Christ , how long has it been since I … ? |
| 3 | How long has it been since I got a present from a girl ? |
| 4 | How long 's it been since I 've been there ? |
| 5 | How long 's it been since you went to Sainsbury 's ? |
| 6 | It does n't though , and the photocopiers are good enough to pass official muster , how long can it be before we have the sort of crisis of confidence in our physical currency not seen since the days of the coin-clipping Tudors ? |
| 7 | How long will it be before we find Cockayne |
| 8 | ‘ How long will it be before they give me the all-clear , do you think ? ’ |
| 9 | How long will it be before they pair off — if in fact I have a pair ? |
| 10 | If they are both off work today , how long will it be before they are both off again ? |
| 11 | But given the discrimination shown against climbers in the present price structure , how long might it be before you climb at High Rocks by season ticket , or prior arrangement and private fee only ? |
| 12 | How soon will it be before you 'll know what is going to be the first production ? |
| 13 | He 's off sick today , from today , how long will it be before he gets his first cheque from us . |
| 14 | Joseph would be going back to the United States soon and would be beyond her gossip , but if Maurin convinced her of Joseph 's innocence , then how long would it be before she realized that he , too , had a strong financial motive for wanting the truth about the Durances kept secret ? |
| 15 | How much further would it be before she reached the main road ? |
| 16 | If we all want it put a stop to , will the government do something about it , or will it be like you said , Mr. Gerrard ? |
| 17 | ‘ What else can it be when you 're covered from head to toe in foul little pustules ? ’ |
| 18 | Your gelled and moussed-up creation might look stunning on the day , but how will it be when you wake up next morning . |
| 19 | And she 's got a long time to use this money , and okay this might be sufficient now , but will it be when she 's seventy , seventy five , so we 've got to make that money work so |
| 20 | But seriously , why do you suppose there has been so little said about Sunday trading in the book trade ? could it be because we have failed to make a ‘ cold , calculating examination of the long term balance of financial advantage ’ ? |
| 21 | Could it be because they all have crossbows ? ’ |
| 22 | So what can it , what can it be cos it 's worrying |
| 23 | And Francis would know something was happening : he would not leave it be until he 'd extracted every detail , he never did . |
| 24 | ‘ And how would it be if we offered a slight reduction for buying the two tickets together ? |
| 25 | How could it be if she was able to think about another man in such physical terms ? |
| 26 | How would it be if you took Celia away and I called in at Hillmarden to see Edna ? |
| 27 | So that 's one tenth and that 's one tenth and then what I 'd like you to do is work it out as a fraction what fraction of how many degrees would it be if you had a tenth of three hundred and sixty degrees , how many degrees would that come to ? |
| 28 | ‘ How would it be if I returned your gift so that you can give it at the door ? ’ |
| 29 | Yeah it were after I 'd had summat to eat . |
| 30 | I hope you think that this is important more important to you as it were than it is , is to us because you the clubs and the sailing schools really really must take these sorts of messages on board , not perhaps all of that list there but I would pick out erm that the message that we want to get across to young people , I would pick out the words fun , the words challenging , the words safe , alright . |