Example sentences of "it [be] the [noun] [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the hold he 's got on me that 's the trouble . |
| 2 | It 's the evidence he gives on oath what matters . |
| 3 | Now as promised it 's time to zig zag to the onion bag … what is this man talking about … it 's football speak from Cambridge manager John Beck whose team play Swindon tomorrow … it 's the order he gives to his strikers before a game … zig zag … well that means running … weaving with the ball … the onion bag is the goal net of course … so here we go with this week 's football roundup |
| 4 | Even sad wankers like you , ’ he informs us before launching into ‘ Karaoke Queen ’ and posing his way through the three-minute Buzzcock guitar pile-ups and singalongs of ‘ Indeed You Aaaagh ’ , and ‘ I 'm In Luff ’ ( its not really how you spell the song titles , it 's the way he tells ‘ em ) . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's the way he thinks — the way he cares . ’ |
| 6 | I think it 's the way he looks , like , if you know what I mean , you know like pull his face and like , look over glasses , I mean , he did it to me when did it to Johnny . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's the way it goes . ’ |
| 8 | It 's the way it combines it with a ‘ look ’ as striking and individual as any on the road today , both inside and out : from the inverted half-moon headlights to the reprioritised facia with its straight-ahead warning light strip and digital speed , fuel and range display on the centre console ; from the impossibly sporting rake of the bonnet and windscreen to the way the rear seat is set on runners to offer the maximum degree of flexibility between legroom and luggage space . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's the way it works , ’ he explained . |
| 10 | This time it 's the distance he 's travelled is given by erm What speed shall we let him go at ? |
| 11 | It 's the camp he loves . |
| 12 | And it 's , it 's the colour she wants , and not only has she got drawers , but she 's got shelves down that side as well . |
| 13 | ‘ The doctor tells us that if it 's the stuff he thinks it is , it can take a little while to work , especially if Sir Thomas drank coffee . |
| 14 | I think one is largely on judging people in the hands of the media , looking at it from an ordinary party member I think it 's the air he gives , whether it 's an air of confidence competence and perhaps and air of confidence , the way he handles himself in the House of Commons , the things that he actually says , because within that time you 're not able , in fact , to have achieved much erm parliamentary wise , one very much has to judge a person by what he has . |
| 15 | It 's the experience she needs . ’ |
| 16 | There are no tears , no recriminations , and if he has anything to say to his team afterwards , it 's the team he talks to , not the tabloids . |
| 17 | After all it was introduced , and Mrs Thatcher has made a great deal of the fact that it is a head tax not a property tax , it 's the voters she wants answerable , well I 've yet to find an empty house that voted . |
| 18 | So I think it 's the cats she catches anything from . |
| 19 | But it 's the time it takes |
| 20 | It 's the future she wants , |
| 21 | It wo n't be just this week , I thought , it 's the doors it opens . |
| 22 | One reason he thinks he can do it is the help he 's had over the past six weeks of intensive Lilleshall training from England 's newly-installed bowling coach , the former Surrey and Sussex star Geoff Arnold . |
| 23 | It is the passage he reads in the synagogue of his home town at the outset of his work . |
| 24 | And , and then finally the council said , he actually had an Austin Princess , but you know Paul and his cars that that nineteen , I do n't know what it is the car he 's got in his garage now , but he buys old cars and completely rebuilds them , it looks like a new car now and he ha he had an Austin Princess which , which actually it was a P reg and er they told him he could n't run the service unless he bought a much newer car . |
| 25 | It is the gesture she uses later to make the Prince think what he must do to wake Aurora . |
| 26 | But it is the acid he holds , a hundred tabs of it . |
| 27 | Conversely , where the tenant is likely to give discounts to certain customers ( eg those who pay by credit card , or employees ) , or where he is likely to have sales or special offers , his advisers should attempt to ensure that it is the amount he receives rather than the full retail price which is to be included in the calculation of turnover . |
| 28 | Desmond says it was the woman he lives with — is n't it awful , at his age ! — who really suggested there should be a get-together . |