Example sentences of "be [verb] [conj] it 's [adv] " in BNC.

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1 They can be sacked If it 's less than two years they 've been working , they can be sacked at a weeks notice or whatever it is .
2 Well it 's not , they 're not saying it 's solved they 're saying it has to be delayed until it 's actually possible .
3 David Smith a bookie says there 's money to be won and it 's just as well he managed to eat when he was a youngster …
4 I do n't want to be disturbed unless it 's absolutely necessary .
5 It seems unlikely that a Tibetan would have got up there to take them , but then it could be argued that it 's equally unlikely that a yeti was the culprit .
6 I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned .
7 But then I 'll be told that it 's not about him at all , in that silly sense .
8 exactly what it is , but th we should be told that it 's not a dirty thing , it 's not a bad thing .
9 a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely .
10 And one of the features of the current policy is that affordable supply is partly a matter to be negotiated and it 's very important that it 's negotiated out of the general er supply made by private sector builders .
11 She says it will mean that women 's representation at Oxford will be reduced and it 's not even equal at the moment .
12 When he looks up , thought Jinny , he 'll tell us all what to do and the day will be gone before it 's properly started .
13 Condition ‘ The lad needs to be involved but it 's still too early for me to say whether he will play in that game . ’
14 as , I do n't know in what sense it was supposed to be taken but it 's just sort of outlining some objectives .
15 So I think you can be assured that it 's not something that 's been put to one side , it 's something that we 're trying to build in to all the work we do , in whatever ways appropriate , but er , I accept that the the implications for your comment , that we 've got to be continually , er watching ourselves , to make sure that we do that .
16 And other people other people think spelling should be changed but it 's not going to be and they 're still going to mark it one the exam if you do n't get it right .
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