Example sentences of "[conj] it be [art] [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , where the tenant is likely to give discounts to certain customers ( eg those who pay by credit card , or employees ) , or where he is likely to have sales or special offers , his advisers should attempt to ensure that it is the amount he receives rather than the full retail price which is to be included in the calculation of turnover . |
| 2 | He was so strong and confident , so sure of himself , that it was a pity he held all women in contempt . |
| 3 | He saw the hideous face of the huge thrashing thing before him , superimposed on that blank mask , and knew that it was the face he had been looking for since the death of his wife and son . |
| 4 | Mr Loxton was sure that it was the actor he had witnessed near the shop at about the incriminating time . |
| 5 | Alice knew that it was the situation he was examining ; he was not used to this informality , to group-living , but he was giving it his consideration . |
| 6 | Jinkwa noted with pleasure that it was the female he and the General had encountered near that strange blue object . |
| 7 | He knew that it was an invitation he would accept . |
| 8 | He suspects that a black mark went firmly down against his name for turning down the job and when he was later asked to become personnel manager for that division of ICI he was left in no doubt that it was an offer he should not refuse . |
| 9 | And it 's a quality he put to good use when he performed a parachute jump to raise money for a girl who suffers from a rare heart condition . |
| 10 | He 's throwing in the towel and it 's a towel he 's never even held anyway , ’ said Mrs Mainwaring . |
| 11 | It took him 20 minutes to make it down safety and it 's an experience he 's not keen to repeat . |
| 12 | What Coetzee 's work suggests , and it is a pity he does not pursue this point fully , is that in Britain before 1914 the potential fragmentation of the political right was contained . |
| 13 | There was a bonus for the Everton boss in that he seems to have discovered the creative midfield force he has been lacking , and it is a player he signed during his first spell at the club five-and-a-half years ago . |
| 14 | ‘ This was an absolutely horrific accident and it is a tragedy he lost his legs , ’ said an ambulance spokesman . |
| 15 | The patient may have enjoyed gardening before his stroke or head injury , and it is an activity he can return to even with quite a degree of disability . |
| 16 | It was a world that had captured Andy Laing 's imagination ten years before , when he was just finishing school , and it was a world he would never enter again . |
| 17 | ‘ His car was being serviced and it was the night he was going to show me Conway House . ’ |
| 18 | Most of the work on the land was done by the villa slaves under the eagle eye of the owner , and it was the way he organised his labourers which produced the better results . |
| 19 | ‘ It would have been a crime completely out of character , ’ he told me , ‘ and it was the way he spoke about it that convinced me . ’ |
| 20 | If it is the buyer he will have to give up goods ( or their value ) for which he has paid good money . |
| 21 | If it 's a learner he 's breaking the law . |
| 22 | ‘ The doctor tells us that if it 's the stuff he thinks it is , it can take a little while to work , especially if Sir Thomas drank coffee . |
| 23 | Tommy listened , nodding , as if it was a story he 'd heard before . |
| 24 | His grandmother said if it was a fact he would not get a grant she would finance him but that he should find out . |
| 25 | The word came from her with sudden and frightening force and it seemed to Creggan as if it was a burden he would carry always in this place . |
| 26 | Four weeks of being cooped up with Flute had taught Arthur that Ubu Roi was the most seminal possible thing about funniness , and if it was a book he was prepared to try getting it out of the public library one day . |
| 27 | I hate people that erm when my dad burps , if , if it was a cup he 'd go excuse me , but but it 's when they go I hate that ! |
| 28 | So , decided Pascoe , if it was the window he was after , he was trying to get in . |
| 29 | Creed stared out of the window , as if it was the Crumbles he could see . |
| 30 | There is a particular kind of French personality who always pronounce the word francais as if it were a football he is heading towards less privileged mortals . |