Example sentences of "it be [prep] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It 's against you bidding on my right at nine hundred pounds , now any more at nine hundred pounds ? |
| 32 | Unstoppable , and so tailor-made for success it 's like them lying there , legs akimbo , waiting for the major companies to come in and shag the ass off them . |
| 33 | It 's like me telling someone from India that they should n't write a book about the caste system , because we do n't have one ! ’ |
| 34 | It 's like me telling someone from India that they should n't write a book about the caste system , because we do n't have one ! ’ |
| 35 | It 's like me missing a penalty . |
| 36 | Hello again defensive problems , it 's like you 've never been away . |
| 37 | He rates the rush he gets from Ecstasy very highly : ‘ It 's like you 've just scored a goal in a football match for three hours . ’ |
| 38 | It 's like you come out on the road and Craig sees me and Graham in the hotel room being very domestic , setting everything out nice , the ghetto blaster , and the hair dryer and the toiletries . |
| 39 | ‘ It 's like you get on to a list , ’ he suggests with a smile . |
| 40 | C. It 's like you have to be sorry for her all the time . |
| 41 | It 's a bit like us watching a what 's name film with the words up , but only without the words , it 's like us watching that , to him . |
| 42 | But I suppose it 's like us going over there and eating frogs ’ legs . ’ |
| 43 | Erm it 's around it comes out of a lot of things . |
| 44 | The specimen may be of blood or urine , but it is for me to decide which . |
| 45 | However , as was made clear by the Divisional Court , the release of a life sentence prisoner is solely at my discretion and it is for me to decide , after receiving the Parole Board 's recommendation and after consulting the judiciary as required by section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , when actual release should take place . |
| 46 | ‘ the release of a life sentence prisoner is solely at my discretion and it is for me to decide , after receiving the Parole Board 's recommendation and after consulting the judiciary as required by section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , when actual release should take place . |
| 47 | My body as it is for me does not appear to me in the midst of the world . ’ |
| 48 | My body as it is for me does not appear at all . |
| 49 | Meanwhile the owner the person who lived a small terraced property , whose garden backs onto the fields tried to get the hounds several dozen hounds off these two dogs who were being savaged to death and he had a heart attack in the process , Chairman and was hospitalized for several weeks That Chairman is the effect of the hunt on one of my constituents whose job it is for me to defend the rights that I was elected here to defend the rights of my constituents , not to be harassed in this manner . |
| 50 | Well it 's probably gon na be easier asking you to nip up to shop than it is for me trying to get back . |
| 51 | She said this with a certain violence , and Clara 's attention quickened , for she thought she was about to witness the emergence of one of the buried conflicts of which she had heard so much : but Mrs Denham said quickly , " For goodness sake , Clelia , you know how good it is for me to have James around , it takes me back to those lovely days when you were all so small and docile . " |
| 52 | Can you imagine how bitter it is for me to have to write that sentence ? |
| 53 | I 've got a sale to go to at nine , and you know how difficult it is for me to get back to sleep once I 've been woken . ’ |
| 54 | The lower the bed is , the harder it is for me to get out . |
| 55 | No ; now it is for me to speak and you to listen . ’ |
| 56 | Parliament has placed the primary responsibility for their enforcement on local authorities and it is for them to decide their own course of action . |
| 57 | It is clearly laid down in the Act that it is for them to consider whether or not the nuisance exists , whether or not it has been abated , and whether it still exists , and , if it does , it is for them to consider which of the requirements of the abatement notice are to be carried out or how otherwise the nuisance is to be abated . |
| 58 | It is clearly laid down in the Act that it is for them to consider whether or not the nuisance exists , whether or not it has been abated , and whether it still exists , and , if it does , it is for them to consider which of the requirements of the abatement notice are to be carried out or how otherwise the nuisance is to be abated . |
| 59 | It is for them to accept your instructions in this matter . |
| 60 | It is not for teachers to tell them what to believe or value , but it is for them to try to equip pupils in such a way that they can enter into the debate and develop a coherent and perceptive worldview for themselves . |