Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] it [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I mean it is only to have something with you , in n it ?
2 But I mean it is Never mind .
3 Well it 's blatantly taking the piss , let's be honest , I mean , I ca n't muck around , I mean it 's blatantly taking the piss is n't it ?
4 I mean it 's just getting worse and worse and worse .
5 I am not here to discuss that now , but I mean it 's just to make sure that you know that things are n't planned for five years or ten years , but possibly for a lot longer than that .
6 It adds weight , I mean it 's just to make the letters bigger .
7 so , if , if , if they 're all four of them coming er and she says about going in for a meal I shall say oh well if you feel like it go and do that then and come for your tea I mean it 's just putting them round table is n't it ?
8 So , you know what these girls are , they sort of I personally , you know , as it were a trained scientist , a certified chemist who you tend to , to take a , a slightly er diagnostic view of things , but that 's not quite right , but you take a slightly objective view of things and I , I , I , I 've been thinking to myself ah it is rotten unfair on girls because sometimes sort of between about fifteen and twenty five , but now I suppose because they 're all growing up so much earlier it 's between ten and twenty , they have a pretty monumental change , they , and , and it 's not a bundle of laughs but they can talk to their friends , they can see their friends and talk to their mothers , they can get a vague way it 's gon na affect them and they can you know , sort of , let's say twenty , twenty five settle into a routine which has variations every , during the four weeks and they vary between individuals , I mean it 's well known
9 Well the thing is , I mean it 's like buying it as you 're going ahead and just totally re-tiling it and going round .
10 I mean it 's like imagining one without the wheel or something .
11 I mean every Sunday , we have a , a Sunday dinner , I mean it 's usually chicken , cos it 's the cheapest one there is , but I mean we still have a Sunday dinner , we have fresh veg and everything .
12 I mean it 's really trying to make up for the differences in the coverage that students coming into the university have had .
13 So that 's well , before we can go in , launch into this , I mean it 's often said that erm , er , well , one of the major reasons why agricultural commodity trade has n't been included in GATT , like virtually every other er , product has been , is because governments are saying , look this is a domestic policy , it 's got nothing to do with international trade , we 're supporting our farmers , it 's a domestic policy .
14 I mean it 's actually giving light out , but er there 's one over there if anybody
15 I says it 's even ruined me for .
16 no , I hope it 's already eaten
17 I hope it 's still running .
18 They are quite interested in The Bump , though I suspect it is really to do with power broking — who is going to get the new bedroom , and who is going to choose the name when it 's born .
19 Erm I know it 's easier said than done sometimes but er it has to be your decision because even if you went ahead and were confirmed , we were tal talking about the idea of sometimes parents bring pressure on them on you to go ahead and do it and be confirmed , erm when perhaps you 're not do n't feel ready for it and it takes a lot of courage to stand up and say No I 'm not ready .
20 I know it 's easier said than done , but if Liverpool can get one or two more players , I think we 'll be right up there .
21 I know it 's still running , it 'll be running for a long , a long time
22 I know it 's basically to suit me , but how easy is it for you to get down to Victoria ? ’
23 I touched earlier on some of the reasons why we find open behaviour in this country so difficult and I believe it is partly to do with emotion .
24 Pat finished his cigarette and , looking at me as he rose to his feet , said , ‘ Piper , I believe it is all going to happen today .
25 I believe it is purely designed as a vote catcher and has nothing to do with creating the national transport infrastructure which Labour will introduce , ’ said Mr Prescott .
26 Erm , his son Nick , he 's a computer programmer for I C L , but I believe it 's now changed it 's name to D two B. Caroline 's at Essex University taking a Master 's Degree in Art , and Christopher 's still at school .
27 Erm well it it was on It was compressed onto three disks , so I guess it 's probably going to be about four meg .
28 Yeah and I suppose it 's always going to be up for sort of negotiation , I mean I
29 Yeah , I suppose it 's like saying black Americans I suppose
30 ( Though I have as much interest in my appearance as most women , I feel it is somehow degrading to admit it .
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