Example sentences of "[conj] it be [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry II , moreover , had performed homage while King and although it was homage for his continental possessions and not for his kingdom , this was a step to which none of his predecessors as Kings of England had ever steeled themselves . |
| 2 | Another feeling , which is much more likely if you talk about my character , would be that I ca n't give anything more to this ensemble , that it 's time for someone fresher to guide these people in the right direction . |
| 3 | She never forgets that it 's Howard to whom they all owe their place in the new order of things . |
| 4 | Putting an element in rheme position means that it is part of what the speaker has to say , and that is the very core of any message . |
| 5 | At best , any reading of line A is bound to be provisional ; the precise sense of the " grass " image that it is grass in its aspect of impermanence ( absence of ) awaits a reading of line B. |
| 6 | People like Mr Falk are trained and I would have thought that it is people like him who should be involved in such programmes . |
| 7 | That it is time for us to take our rightful place . |
| 8 | Oh , yes , yes , but there there was certainly a time when , er universities , schools and even business companies , thought that it was part of their erm , their way of supporting society in general , that they gave time to go out and give talks . |
| 9 | I was famous at 18 so knew early on that it was part of my job description . ’ |
| 10 | It came at him again , and he could just make out that it was part of his bunk , one of the side panels . |
| 11 | He had n't really understood that it was work to her . |
| 12 | Nor to tell her that it was women like her who prevented girls doing well in sciences . |
| 13 | Diplomatically she accepted it would be better not to mention that it was jealousy about her ideas . |
| 14 | I could see that it was time for me to make the tea . |
| 15 | We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap . |
| 16 | I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return . |
| 17 | When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back . |
| 18 | The beeper alarm on Diane 's watch sounded as they were driving back , the signal that it was time for her to go and collect the litterbug Jed from his minder . |
| 19 | For all his enjoyment of the work and the companionship of his team the lad was not sorry when the ground covered , about half an acre , showed that it was time for his midday snack . |
| 20 | There was once a king who decided that it was time for his son to marry . |
| 21 | Although urged by his party to remain , he thought , like a decent democrat , that it was time for someone else to have a go , and he retired at the time of the 1987 General Election . |
| 22 | And it 's curtains for you and me . |
| 23 | It 's produced by Christian Aid and it 's part of its Christian Aid week 's activity . |
| 24 | We will know by the first of April this year rather more than we know at the moment but you 're right it can go up and down , but there are lots of budgets in Social Services which are subject to this and it 's part of our job to try and manage that during the course of the year . |
| 25 | Soldiers , right , stab her and they 're all dying and then you see the head like it 's just all dressed up in these things and it 's Arnie underneath it and he takes the head off |
| 26 | It 's a moving and exciting film and shows off Oxford and it 's countryside to its best advantage . |
| 27 | Welcome back : And it 's time for our third and last look backstage at the hit musical Barnum . |
| 28 | They give nothing away , and it 's Jensen in his rock-solid role as ball-winner and organiser who is providing a base for the ones in front of him to play . |
| 29 | my holiday was later as usual and longer so , you know and there was a couple of other things not related to this which I 'd thought of doing and it 's sort of they evaporated , but erm , we did spend time talking to Ingy earlier in the year , you know , about publicity and I gave her lists of well such as things obvious things like Playback and Newsbeat |
| 30 | You 've been with us nearly a year now , and it 's thanks to your work that we 're well on the way to managing the volatility problem at high temperatures . ’ |