Example sentences of "[verb] it be [indef pn] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've let you play your games , you and Joseph , and I 've said it was nothing to me , it was enough that I was a painter . |
| 2 | I 'm not being inquisitive , Captain , and I know it 's none of my business , but why do you remain anchored here ? |
| 3 | Going back in the train , Ruth made sure that no one else was listening , then ventured to say : ‘ I know it 's none of my business , but are you and Kristof — you know what I mean together ? ’ |
| 4 | It usually preceded a sentence that started , ‘ I know it 's none of my business , but … ’ |
| 5 | I know it 's none of my business , but I do n't want you falling for his charm again . |
| 6 | We know it 's none of us new boys , so — ’ |
| 7 | You know it was something in it . |
| 8 | He could n't help the ex-soldier , saying it was none of his business . |
| 9 | And I believe it is something in which we should all be involved . |
| 10 | Christina knew it was none of her business — Martin was a free agent — but it disturbed her somehow to see him being so hotly pursued by a determined young woman . |
| 11 | You may think it 's none of my business " |
| 12 | " Maybe you 'll think it 's none of my business , " I said . |
| 13 | " Jane — I do n't want to interfere — I mean it 's none of my business , but " |
| 14 | Pete Coleman was caddying for Bernhard , and Pete had caddied for Seve , for a time , so he was thinking it was one-up to them . |
| 15 | ‘ I said it 's none of your business . ’ |
| 16 | And he said it 's none of your business . |
| 17 | She said it 's none of my business |
| 18 | Before giving his information on the Czech team 's tactics , he hedges twice ( I realize it 's none of my business ' and " … you may think I " m an absolute ass , but … " ) , apologising in advance for giving them potentially faulty advice and for threatening their negative face , while at the same time criticising ( in Leechian terms , " maximising the dispraise of " ) himself for doing so ( p. 59 ) . |
| 19 | Anyway , you 'll say it 's none of my business , but I can tell you , you 'll go further and fare a lot worse . |
| 20 | If you were just a lodger , coming and going in your own way , I 'd say it was none of my business . ’ |