Example sentences of "[verb] it be [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twelve and a half million photographs are held in the archives of Popperfoto , the picture agency that 's just moved it 's headquarters into our region . |
| 2 | I guessed it was part of your plot to steer me right away from Rob — in case I corrupt him . ’ |
| 3 | It 's , you know , it 's like what 's his Captain Oates was it , going out into the tent in the Antarctic or something , you know it 's sort of I may be gone for a while , you know , in the in the , into the wilderness and never to return so that in , in the British structure er politicians are , their loyalty is central rather than local because their political futures are determined centrally rather than locally . |
| 4 | Erm I mean you know it 's sort of there were certainly there were certainly groups of black tenants and white tenants who mixed , and there were certainly groups of of white tenants who would n't mix with the black tenants and vice versa . |
| 5 | Britain may have to bide it 's time for it 's next tennis hero … |
| 6 | Amanda had been all enthusiastic even in the rain , saying it was spray in her face and look at the gulls , which were swooping down on the shoal of crisp packets and orange peel trailing in the wake . |
| 7 | At home he did n't spook at bright blue barrels , a wall or planks , so we decided it was time for our first party . |
| 8 | Probably because most of us were n't really , well , quite a few of us anyway were n't thinking about sex at that time , so I suppose it was kind of you know , you just started |
| 9 | Could , local secretary for the environment , be convinced/ If the right equipment was readily available , would he encourage it 's use throughout his kingdom . |
| 10 | And my poor mam you know , she used to scrub her hands with erm it was n't Dettol it was Lysol in them days was n't it what they used to use . |
| 11 | Perhaps you feel it 's part of your duty as my host . ’ |
| 12 | Later , I saw it was part of his fear : if I had the means to escape , perhaps I would use it ? |
| 13 | Berowne 's only explanation had been that he felt it was time for his life to take a new direction . |
| 14 | But I bet it 's plastic inside it . |
| 15 | Tabitha , turning involuntarily , knew it was Saskia by her moustache . |
| 16 | If Gilbert thought it was part of her duty to track down Amy or help her in any way , then she would do so . |
| 17 | Someone was shaking her violently , shouting at her , and at first she thought it was part of her nightmare . |
| 18 | As she moved off with the other mounted followers , Artemis determined that if her father thought it was time for her to stop riding ponies and learn to hunt on a horse , then so be it . |
| 19 | Standing up , I assured her that I was n't drunk but tired and that I thought it was time for me to walk her home . |
| 20 | Richmann never noticed the sudden widening of Benny 's eyes , or if he did he must have assumed it was fear at her imminent death . |
| 21 | But er it 's taking it 's , taking it 's toll on him . |
| 22 | When Loc , with another worried glance in Jacques Devraux 's direction , insisted it was time for them to go to bed , Paul galloped across the clearing with little Hoc on his shoulders and dumped the boy squealing with laughter on his sleeping mat . |
| 23 | I thought it was Ben yesterday afternoon I dropped Lynsey 's thing in with Ben down there and it 's Jack , I like John , I like to speak to John , so I said John I think it 's Tommy for you , but then |
| 24 | ‘ … into the last furlong , and the Guppy looks beaten , Breakdancer takes up the running with Prince Charming on the stand side — it looks to be between these two — but now Shine On 's absolutely flying on the outside , a terrific challenge , the three locked together , Breakdancer and Shine On stride for stride , at the line it 's very close but I think it 's shine On who gets it on the nod . |
| 25 | I doubt whether this is done deliberately , but I think it 's part of everybody 's perception of science in schools that girls do biology and boys do chemistry and physics , and I suppose this is bound to have its affect on people 's choices , but I personally , and I think most of my colleagues would agree with me on this , see no reason to suppose that girls should be any less good at chemistry and physics than boys . |
| 26 | I think it 's part of our nature . |
| 27 | And now I think it 's time for you to move in . ’ |
| 28 | Then her breath caught as he turned , unexpectedly , to look at her , inviting her with one of his soft , easy smiles , ‘ I think it 's time for my walk along the beach before bedtime . |
| 29 | They can also be rated in kilowatts and on mopeds cos the regulation allow sort of what mopeds sixteen year olds can ride and I think it 's sort of something like seventy kilowatts or ninety kilowatts , it might be ninety . |
| 30 | In the uncomfortable interview he said : ‘ I think it is part of my job to stir controversy , as long as it is not party political controversy . |