Example sentences of "pity [prep] it [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pity of it is that this happens to be as beautiful a cat as the Sphynx is ugly . |
| 2 | The only pity of it is that they 're running out of Forster novels to film . |
| 3 | ‘ The pity of it is that Araminta will get the Lodge after all . |
| 4 | The pity of it is that the Prime Minister , who said that he wanted to be at the heart of the process , has instead condemned this country to be semi-detached from it . |
| 5 | The pity of it was that she had n't made a bigger part for herself in the night 's scenario ; she was getting polite nods and hellos from people that she already knew slightly , and curious glances from most of the others . |