Example sentences of "to [pron] [conj] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I 'm on tour I normally write little ideas down in my diary and hang on to them until it 's writing time . |
| 2 | The form it 's taking is not extremely reactionary , I would n't want to say that , but it does seem to me that it 's shifting away from progressive forms of narrative resolution that were available a few years ago . |
| 3 | I think my relationship is a fairly normal one , but I do find myself bending over backwards not to erm use any of the sort of additional knowledge I have of education , and if there are things going on that perhaps I think that there might be better ways of doing it , then I bend over backwards not to give that kind of impression or to suggest it at all , because it seems to me that it 's going to make the relationship with the school or with the teachers erm a rather awkward one , and I do n't think it will good for my children . |
| 4 | ‘ It has no name , ’ Sapan said , ‘ but when I told some other people I brought here that it had no name , they said to me that it was called Narnia . ’ |
| 5 | It seemed to me that it was wanting in every detail , but the objective facts are that I was five feet two and a half , weighed eight stone five , and had my fair share of acne . |
| 6 | It was quite a shock to everyone when it was known that Mr Wilson had died ; he who had always seemed so solid and enduring . |
| 7 | Baynton v. Morgan shows , amongst other things , that this last contention may not always be relied on by the lessee ; and accordingly the position of the defendant is not put otherwise than favourably to himself if it is said that the measure of his liability here , that of a lessee after an assignment , is the performance or non-performance of the covenants in question by his assignees when he can not and does not aver any performance by himself . |
| 8 | Neither had any wish that the shares should be transferred to him but it was argued that , on the basis of the House of Lords ' decision , the passing of the beneficial interest to them was a ‘ transfer ’ of which notice should have been given , thus entitling other members to acquire the shares at a fair price . |
| 9 | Only now had it occurred to him that it was moving along quite different channels . |
| 10 | It did not occur to him that it was following the track of a mole , in the hope of killing it with a blow of its beak and then pulling it out of its shallow run . |
| 11 | Even the statement that " obviously any polynomial in x with integer coefficients must be expressible ( by using a " degree " argument ) as a product of polynomials which can not be further decomposed " was of little value to him unless it be accompanied by a method which in each instance would supply the indecomposable factors . |
| 12 | Mr Reynolds was kept warm and each procedure was quietly explained to him before it was carried out . |
| 13 | We will not give up the US customer base to anyone unless it 's done in a partnership . |
| 14 | Denice has already decided she wants chicken , but is n't sure exactly what she wants done to it before it 's put on her plate . |
| 15 | I notice if you put the the headphones in it would erm you 'd maybe be listening to it as it 's taping ? |
| 16 | There is , however , only a fugitive , implicit ( and comic ) reference to the tale being an exemplum within the text , and no reference to it as it is presented in the manuscript ; the tale is identified in the manuscript by the name of the character peculiar to this basically East Midland version , Dame Sirith . |
| 17 | They arranged to go out for a drink on the second evening , although Kathleen was n't really looking forward to it as it was bound to turn into a ‘ What was the name of that blonde with the big chest ? ’ sort of session and she would end up driving them both home and quite likely putting them both to bed ! |
| 18 | I think erm we could have a much healthier aspect to it if it was taught to u in a healthier way , I mean |
| 19 | Indeed , it must be fully aware of what is happening to it when it is playing dead . |
| 20 | From then on , it refers to the file by the number it allocated to it when it was opened . |
| 21 | Now you 've got to prove it yet again — this time to yourself and it 's going to be the hardest thing you 've ever done for her . |
| 22 | The article continues : ’ Competitive tendering was forced on to us and it 's put a tremendous pressure on everyone . |