Example sentences of "it be a [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | She repeated the word softly , testing the sound of it on her lips , as if it were a word she had never heard before . |
2 | It 's a route he has just retraced for the character of Fergus , the IRA man who attempts to re-make his life in The Crying Game ] , an experience Jordan understands well . |
3 | So i i it 's a standard you know dinky little thing like y you us you use You know the with their little twirly thing and er the you saw the |
4 | It 's a lellow I mean a yellow tie . |
5 | We s it 's a word we use quite a lot . |
6 | It 's a word we use to talk about masses of undifferentiated humanity — like buying a pound of whitebait for your supper , rather than , say , 341 little silver fishes that once frisked and swam in the dappled shallows of the ocean . |
7 | It 's a word we use to talk about masses of undifferentiated humanity — like buying a pound of whitebait for your supper , rather than , say , 341 little silver fishes that once frisked and swam in the dappled depths of the ocean . |
8 | Well it 's a skill I have . |
9 | Let's see if we can move them on this year so that they start to think it 's a charity I know I really want to support . |
10 | You are all familiar with our loyal supporters , but what about those people on the fringes who may have given a donation or done something for Save The Children in the past , but never really followed it up and there are the people who are interested who think , it 's a charity I feel I ought to support . |
11 | Oscar , oh it 's a comedy you know |
12 | But it 's a duster you take to it , not one of the latest hydraulic drills , and even as you dust , you must do it lovingly . |
13 | It 's a reputation we 've kept to the present day . |
14 | Like most other immigrants , Rita came here following a dream and it 's a dream she does n't want to give up . |
15 | It 's a threat we 've taken very seriously . |
16 | It 's a play I have seen acted regularly in each village , and on every occasion it 's exactly the same . |
17 | It 's a subject we do not talk about . ’ |
18 | Erm and it 's quite , you know and it 's a subject I 've never done before |
19 | It 's a wonder they do n't make a car port here you know ? |
20 | It 's a wonder they did n't get er suffocated some of the kids then in them days . |
21 | They 're singing gold-rush songs at the tops of their voices in the dayniter and it 's a wonder they have n't all rocked the train right off the rails , with the noise and the booze . ’ |
22 | I mean we 've got to see it 's a wonder they have n't been on to us cos they 've stopped the er |
23 | It 's a wonder we have n't had them before . " |
24 | they used to pour it out of a can you know , it 's a wonder we did n't all die of tuberculosis but we did n't . |
25 | ‘ She 's got so many screws loose it 's a wonder it stays on her shoulders . ’ |
26 | It 's a wonder it do n't say it . |
27 | Pretty deep there ; it 's a wonder it did n't slice the top of his head off . |
28 | It 's a wonder I did n't kill Benjamin but , when I opened my eyes , two of the rogues were dead of huge gashes between shoulder and neck whilst Benjamin was on the point of driving his sword straight through the breast of a third . |
29 | It 's a wonder I survived . ’ |
30 | ‘ I was only thinking that if you 're always so high-handed in your dealings with people it 's a wonder you have n't had your come-uppance . ’ |