Example sentences of "be [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She wanted to be happy with him and for everything to be as it had been before but it did n't seem possible . |
| 32 | The text needs to be watched closely for all may not be as it seems at first . |
| 33 | As well , the rest of the house was as near to immaculate as a house could be when it contained three teenage boys and a busy man . |
| 34 | As we have seen in the last chapter the surface of even the smoothest glass is infested with tiny invisible cracks and even if it were not , it soon would be when it had brushed against some other solid . |
| 35 | It will be when it suits the MOI , Charity 's lot . ’ |
| 36 | But as the organisation has seen to be when it meets generally speaking , the council and the executive are one and the same dealing with exactly the same business , I 've considered it a meeting of the organisation , and the organisation now basically is going to be the seven sub-committee plus an Annual General Meeting of it 's full council . |
| 37 | Lewis 's performance was a reminder of how compelling heavyweight boxing can still be when it dares to step out from behind the curtain of cynical and protective matchmaking ; when it dares to put on a career life-or-death fight between two men with the pedigree to be king . |
| 38 | It can be weekly , fortnightly , monthly , or just occasionally on request but quite often we are finding that a person who 's assessed as needing help weekly , but all that we have got is fortnightly , and all of the time there are clients waiting for us to up the amount of help that we 're giving to them and , very much , it needs to be when it benefits them , and when it fits in with their lives . |
| 39 | Well it will be when it 's finished , the curtains are |
| 40 | Novell also has a problem in Rothstein 's eyes : ‘ what does it want to be when it grows up ? |
| 41 | Well , you do n't tell two old people that a year and a bit too late you 're out to find what the sticking power of their son will be when it comes to the choicer interrogation techniques of KGB . |
| 42 | For this reason , this chapter also includes full-scale models of monsters and other odd creatures ; at the level of design there is often no difference at all , though there may well be when it comes to turning design into physical form . |
| 43 | He has resisted both pulls until he has assembled all the information he thinks relevant , the test of relevance being whether it does in fact strengthen one pull in relation to the other . |
| 44 | Dr Neil made vain attempts to stifle the bleeding , his own face now as grey as the bedlinen had been before it turned red . |
| 45 | But it is although it does n't sound like her . |
| 46 | This is the great hall which is which is although it looks finished is actually by no means finished , I was just explaining to Mike we still need a go there , we still need a table there , we need all the windows to be done and we need three thousand pounds for that window . |
| 47 | A similar device can be used by the teacher out of role : " Something big is going to happen in the drama , I promise you , but I 'm not going to tell you what it is until it happens . " |
| 48 | You do n't really realise how precious time is until it starts running out . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ The only way that 's going to happen is if it receives wholehearted support from the clubs , ’ he said . |
| 50 | The real value of this book to you is if it helps you live more confidently as a Christian in school . |
| 51 | It is not a measure of price for no matter how cheap a product is if it does not achieve the desired result it is expensive . |
| 52 | but what I 'm saying is if it happens , |
| 53 | In all then , Telecom would probably have outlaid £14m — allowing for very modest fees on the purchase — before it actually laid one brick , and that is if it got planning permission . |
| 54 | A third reason for being able to open your dog 's mouth easily is if it swallows a bone , or a ball becomes stuck here . |
| 55 | The only maxim that connects it all formulated in California , now available near you is if it feels good , believe it . |
| 56 | The only fly in the ointment is if it starts at seven , it 's going to be a bit of a rush . |
| 57 | The only way that 's going to happen is if it looks like a professional West End production . |
| 58 | The general rule is if it looks bad , it probably is bad , so let's get it right . |
| 59 | let me , the o the other thing we can do is if it 's broken the shop can send it back but the man , the other person pays . |
| 60 | It 's cos it records . |