Example sentences of "it [be] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Might it be , I 'm only hazarding a guess , you realize that , but might it be that they want you to get them out here again ? ’ |
| 2 | Could it be that someone took him up on the extravagant wagers he offered constantly during the election and that he 's been forced to three ball his monkey suit to meet his gambling debts ? and then there was the letter in Saturday 's Darlington and Stockton Times from stop-at-home Nick ThorneWallis , Labour chairman of Darlington council 's transport committee . |
| 3 | Can it be that you condone his actions ? |
| 4 | ‘ How long will it be before they give me the all-clear , do you think ? ’ |
| 5 | He 's off sick today , from today , how long will it be before he gets his first cheque from us . |
| 6 | ‘ How would it be if I returned your gift so that you can give it at the door ? ’ |
| 7 | Well it 's since you know we had that party last weekend . |
| 8 | It 's not so much that , it 's that I prefer my cooking to your cooking . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's that I think you 're gay ! |
| 10 | It 's not the buying them that 's cunning , it 's just that I ca n't help being grateful ( I did n't actually say I was grateful , but I was n't sharp ) , it 's that he presents them so humbly , with such an air of please-don't-thank-me and I-deserve-it-all . |
| 11 | It 's but I mean I actually it was right down in there , right up , right round and it was painful . |
| 12 | It 's whether we do it now and we let her have it before |
| 13 | Yesterday as 390 of his old workmates were thrown on to the dole with him , Mike said : ‘ It 's like somebody kicked you in the guts . |
| 14 | It 's like I said you you can lift up the cover and change four while one 's playing . |
| 15 | I thought then I 'd be able to use it as an airing cupboard but it still did n't work but it 's like you said it 's because it 's got such a good |
| 16 | It 's like you say your mum 'll be able to get wo n't she ? |
| 17 | It 's cos you enjoy our company so much in n it Chris ? |
| 18 | Wan na swap it in your mum 's punny Yeah I know , it 's cos I stretched it when I wanked her . |
| 19 | But it 's cos I changed it , they were going to put a large fence in |
| 20 | And it 's cos I think it 's important that |
| 21 | I got it , it 's cos I think it was for a a thinner shoe mind |
| 22 | ‘ But if it 's as they say it is and everything goes smoothly , David will only miss four or five matches at the most . |
| 23 | but I think it 's as you bring them up is n't it ? |
| 24 | except it 's as you find it , rather than being produced artificially . |
| 25 | So it , it 's as you say it 's a very tough , hard life and in order to survive , people really do need the help of other people and that 's why you 've really got to conform to a large extent in the society and you have n't got a lot of choice about erm you know wh what you 'd like to especially if you 're , if you 're young and female and not much men not if you want to get any wives that is . |
| 26 | Well I suppose you could erm I suspect it would be cheaper than but it would n't actually increase your pension per se at the end of the day because it 's as I said it 's a separate you know it 's a separate sort of erm income to your pension lump sum . |
| 27 | Well I think it 's If you want it . |
| 28 | But I shall never lead a normal life because I 'm so short — we 're both short — that 's why Tilda stands on the deck half the day , it 's because somebody told her that you only grow taller while you 're standing up . |
| 29 | If we go to front-wheel drive , it 's because we think it 's better . |
| 30 | why consumers pay er in the European Community , it 's because we paying them two or three times more for our food than we would do if we purchased it on the world market erm . |