Example sentences of "it be [conj] [pers pn] do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could it be that they do not have the stomach for the hard grind which seems to be necessary to pick up those all important computer points ? |
| 2 | ‘ Can it be that you do not remember me , Mikhail ? ’ he pleaded . |
| 3 | Mostly it 's that they do n't travel well , whatever flightcases you use . |
| 4 | It 's that I do n't want it . |
| 5 | Er it 's but I do n't really have any problems with with selling er I 'm not hard sell er I do n't believe in er stuffing things down people 's throat . |
| 6 | and it 's cos they do n't understand them but you 're understanding them I think very well now so you 're going to like them . |
| 7 | Perhaps it 's cos they do n't know the basics . |
| 8 | It 's cos they do n't go out see and when they do go out I remember the first time I took them down the park , they were like monkeys |
| 9 | It 's cos they do n't sit in the seat properly , they slouch in them ! |
| 10 | But it it 's if we do n't have that opportunity with next door then some years down the line . |
| 11 | Now you ca n't possibly test a medicine on ten thousand people before you start to sell it , so that sort of risk , as rare a risk as that , will only be picked up when the medicine has actually been in use and on the market and been properly prescribed for some years , and what we are doing now , and what is particularly interesting , is to start to use computers to pick up these adverse reactions so that we know much more quickly in future if a medicine is doing any harm and we can either stop prescribing it for the people who are going to suffer from it , and that 's the most likely thing , or else take it off the market altogether if it 's if we do n't if we ca n't pick out the people who might be at risk . |
| 12 | Er , it 's because we do n't write down the stuff , we 're not as pr , precise as we could be . |
| 13 | Well it 's the , it 's because we do n't want the |
| 14 | we , that means I 've got ex , it 's because we do n't have period one and two on Wednesday , yeah , that means we 've got extra time for our French test , I think it was on Wednesday , extra time to practice |
| 15 | ‘ It 's because they do n't let them kill people any more , ’ said Constance . |
| 16 | It 's not because they ca n't have sex , it 's because they do n't want to . |
| 17 | I mean I du n no whether it 's because they do n't want to lose votes or you know I mean they they were there sort of pontificating about we should all come little children and let's talk . |
| 18 | Lumb says it 's because they do n't have a branch there , but we think it 's solid Labour to look at all the blue posters . |
| 19 | But now I begin to see that it 's because I do n't know what love is . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's because I do n't want you anywhere near me ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The mystery of the coming of a new creature is a great mystery ad incomprehensible , Mrs Virginsky , and what a pity it is that you do n't understand it . ' |
| 22 | And the worst of it is that you do n't even see those people you knock over as you charge along . ’ |
| 23 | Well the problem as I see it is that you do n't know what the variety of this peach is , if it was bought out of greenhouse variety and is reasonably tender then I do n't think whatever you do with it in Preston it 's going to make any difference . |
| 24 | SALESPERSON : Could you tell me exactly what it is that you do n't like the look of ? |
| 25 | You built a little plan , that if I leave at ten past eight , I miss that traffic , or I , whatever it is that you do n't often plan till the holidays , but after a while it stopped being a decision making process . |
| 26 | The Air Force will write to his mother if there 's anything to tell , and the awful part of it is that I do n't know where she lives . |
| 27 | ‘ If I have learned anything , ’ she says , ‘ it is that I do n't believe in justice any more . ’ |
| 28 | If it is that I do not , on the grounds that had I heard about the invitation my justification would have been defeated , you have a duty to give some account of why the ( unknown to me ) truth that my wife has refused the invitation does not somehow redress the balance . |
| 29 | I said it looks nice as it is and I do n't know if he will or not , I forgot to ask him on the phone . |
| 30 | The only reason most people do n't use it is cos they do n't like to get on a keyboard of a computer . |