Example sentences of "i [verb] it be [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 2 | I mean it 's about I mean you know I mean it 's like today I mean Jeannie said oh well you come with us shopping if you do n't want to go dancing . |
| 3 | I mean it 's like my garden out the back there . |
| 4 | It 's , it 's , it 's , I mean it 's like your Modern Number One again , I mean although the character shapes are lovely , I mean although your G looks like that , is exactly the shape you want it to be , these thins here are real hairlines and that 's exactly what you do n't want it to be in six point , so I stretched the Swift by ten percent . |
| 5 | And so , i I mean it was to me it was a total waste of time over there ! |
| 6 | ‘ I expect it is on its way , ’ said the Thing calmly . |
| 7 | I say it 's like him him not paying his poll tax . |
| 8 | When I painted it was for myself , I could afford the luxury of spending two years on a painting ; I did n't have to worry about whether anyone was interested in it or not or whether I would exhibit it in a commercial gallery or whether it would be sold . |
| 9 | It costs plenty , but I figure it 's worth it . |
| 10 | He will try Rowntrees again , and said : ‘ I hope it 's worth it . ’ |
| 11 | I 'll get myself , I know it 's past it , but it it does , it does ! |
| 12 | Therefore , I know it 's in my title deeds and I would assume it 's in his title deeds . |
| 13 | I know it 's like it 's like like the train station , is n't it ? |
| 14 | I know it is with me , er , with Dad 's Army , so er , if they 're getting huge ratings with those repeats , well , they 're obviously gon na put them on are n't they ? |
| 15 | It 's an old established set-up , but I reckon it 's on its last legs now . |
| 16 | ‘ I reckon it 's from them emigration people . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Oh well , ’ said Marcus , capturing his left hand again , ‘ I suppose it 's about what makes human consciousness possible , or rather it 's about what human consciousness is , which is to say what , and how , the world is , how anything is . |
| 18 | But I suppose it 's like us going over there and eating frogs ’ legs . ’ |
| 19 | I would like to know what 's to be in it , when is the trial audit going to be , I suppose it 's in my diary , em . |
| 20 | You were eight years old and I suppose it is to your mother 's credit that she wanted to spare you any court proceedings . |
| 21 | I suppose it was about his mother . |
| 22 | Looking back I suppose it was in their interest to have a happy , accountable workforce . |
| 23 | ‘ I felt it was in our interests to renegotiate the deal . |
| 24 | ‘ I knew it was about me . |
| 25 | Then not long after , we were both walking under some scaffolding — she was already under it and out of view — when a workman whistled , so I knew it was for me , not her . |
| 26 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
| 27 | As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’ |
| 28 | I knew it was in my heart . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought it was worth something ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I would , ’ she retorted , ‘ if I thought it was worth my while spending the money . |