Example sentences of "be [adj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that relationship is wrong you get a muddy tartan , if the mixtures are right it works very well . ’ |
| 2 | And when rent reviews are due it can be almost impossible to assess what tenants should be paying . |
| 3 | However , if the winds are strong it is better left till last until the flysheet is pegged out . |
| 4 | If you catch toxoplasmosis while you are pregnant it can seriously affect the health of your unborn baby . |
| 5 | I mean , you think you give birth and you 're forgotten , I mean your health visitor visits your baby , and then you 've got the baby blues , and we we are trying to do something to get them to help and warn people about when they are pregnant it can happen because it does start then , not after you 've had the baby , it builds up and them wham , it hits you ! |
| 6 | I am sorry it took place but I promise you it would be wisest to go home and forget it . ’ |
| 7 | I am sorry it has taken so long to send you a copy and return your slides . |
| 8 | She found another bathroom , which was important , because the champagne was acting on her stomach just as she 'd been afraid it would . |
| 9 | Where sickness rates are high it might be in both employers ' and employees ' interests for the company to introduce private health cover , where swift treatment may mean an earlier return to work . |
| 10 | If the potential rewards are high it is worth pursuing , but knowing when to stop is not easy , and formalized methods of planning are not always easy to apply . |
| 11 | The venture — to spotlight National Housing Week — was such a success that hopes are high it will develop into an annual competition . |
| 12 | If we are sensible it ought to be against San Marino in February . ’ |
| 13 | so in the end I said to him look we 've so really it could have perhaps done with , I suppose if we 'd been sensible it could , because it needed , the gas fire needs to come out , it does need a lot of , still really needs a lot of things doing to it . |
| 14 | If afternoon winds are light it 's fun to cruise along this spit visiting the beaches and anchorages along the north shore . |
| 15 | Something has to break : you are afraid it is you |
| 16 | The Edinburgh Review ( Oct. 1807 ) was openly abusive : ‘ If the printing of such trash as this be not felt as an insult on the public taste , we are afraid it can not be insulted . ’ |
| 17 | I mean it could have been different it could have got out of control and then everybody would have turned and pointed a finger and that would have been awful . |
| 18 | I am afraid it was because he did not want to get entangled with the left on such an emotional issue . ’ |
| 19 | I am afraid it is the latter rather than the former . |
| 20 | But I am afraid it would require a deeper understanding of the chemistry of proteins than I possess to explain how the energy of the ATP is harnessed to the active transport of salts and other substances . |
| 21 | I am afraid it has met with a cool response from our colleagues , and in view of this , I am sorry to say that we will not be taking up your offer to publish . |
| 22 | I am afraid it is tough ( at least at the beginning ) , as are all restricted diets , but I promise you , it does work ! |
| 23 | Request : Joan Hammell , his secretary , wrote to say : ‘ I am afraid it is not going to prove possible for Mr Kinnock to make a contribution as much as he would love to . |
| 24 | It is a place of calm and classical beauty : I am afraid it is exactly the sort of place for which one must long most desperately when out of Greece . |
| 25 | ‘ I am afraid it will not be a very happy Christmas for you but you will not lose your job , ’ said the judge . |
| 26 | ‘ I am afraid it was . |
| 27 | A There are a lot of Tanganyikan cichlids you can keep in your tank , but I am afraid it is only large enough for you to keep a pair of a single species . |
| 28 | The British-born star said yesterday : ‘ I am afraid it has come back . |
| 29 | We did what we could to help him but I am afraid it was little enough . |
| 30 | A. If your Temporales are still about the same size they I am afraid it is extremely likely that you have two of the same sex , as size is a major sexual difference in this species , with males around 50 per cent bigger in all directions than females . |