Example sentences of "it [be] a [noun] you " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ It 's a pity you bothered to come home at all , darling , ’ said Mrs. Mounce . |
| 32 | ‘ It 's a pity you ca n't pull strings , ’ Anne said . |
| 33 | She went on : " It 's a pity you did n't wait a little longer , but there you are . |
| 34 | ‘ It 's a pity you 've gone off fucking , ’ continued Nubenehem when the customer had left . |
| 35 | ‘ It 's a pity you were n't also taught a little kindness and tolerance . |
| 36 | ‘ He did miss it ; it 's a pity you did n't hear me asking Dana 's flatmate for her — you 'd have had to believe me then . ’ |
| 37 | It 's a pity you 've money , you 'd be a deal better off if you 'd a living to earn , teaching or nursing . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ It 's a pity you did n't forget the key to this place , ’ she told him . |
| 39 | It 's a pity you ca n't manage the return trip by yourself , but it would be too much for a woman alone . |
| 40 | He ran long fingers through his straight dark hair while exclaiming impatiently , ‘ It 's a pity you could n't have thought to ask about days off . |
| 41 | It 's a pity you did n't think about it more carefully three years ago — or maybe it 's just as well , ’ he mocked . |
| 42 | ‘ It 's a pity you ca n't find work away from that place , Tom , ’ said Dolly , shaking her head in concern . |
| 43 | ‘ It 's a pity you could n't persuade your family to be here today . ’ |
| 44 | ‘ Well , it 's a pity you said it now . |
| 45 | And equally unofficially , it 's a pity you 've got to know her . ’ |
| 46 | We had a , we had a really goo , it 's a pity you were n't here earlier actually cos we had a stu , a nice conversation about politics . |
| 47 | It 's a pity you do n't feel like standing up and racing cos it 's lovely . |
| 48 | Yeah it 's a pity you did n't wan na go for something bigger in n it , that would have been ideal would n't it ? |
| 49 | It 's a pity you ca n't see hand signals on this thing . |
| 50 | It 's a pity you have n't got to earn enough to put in there and pay for it . |
| 51 | It 's a pity you did n't do your outer edge with roses |
| 52 | It 's a conversation you 'll be familiar with . |
| 53 | I mean it 's it 's a dimension you can bring into it . |
| 54 | Now it 's a system you go through if you break the law , you know we have an education system which is organised for us by our local community who builds the school , who runs the school , who 's on the governors of those schools . |
| 55 | But besides that there 's a lot of other influences that come into it , and you must n't ever forget that it 's a song you 're playing — to me , that has absolutely everything to do with what notes you 're playing . |
| 56 | If any of your children are at playgroup , it 's a song you 'll know very well . |
| 57 | Trying to ignore the disturbing effect he had on her heart-rate , she said crisply , ‘ Well , if it 's a fight you 're hoping for … ’ |
| 58 | ‘ If it 's a fight you want , ’ he said thickly , catching her kicking legs and lifting her violently in his arms , ‘ you 've got it ! ’ |
| 59 | It 's a trick you fall back on if you ca n't really do any original thinking — you devise a new research procedure to ‘ confirm ’ an already established theory . |
| 60 | So please it 's a discipline you must get into immediately , and you 'll be starting that on Thursday . |