Example sentences of "it [be] the [noun] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vote against him was taken after the Secretary of the Society explained that ‘ we have constituted ourselves as it were the guardians of their [ women 's ] interests and in many cases … the custodians of their honour … |
| 2 | She ought to have hated the child she was carrying , it being the cause of her return to squalor after the effort she had made to rise above it , but since she 'd felt it move she could n't reject it . |
| 3 | But he 's made me believe them ; it 's the thought of him that makes me feel guilty when I break the rules . |
| 4 | It 's not her dying while he 's there that panics him , I reckon ; it 's the thought of something messy or perhaps her dipping into another decade and making him one of the period characters . |
| 5 | It 's the thought of my Dave writing this . |
| 6 | It 's the thought of you that keeps me going when I begin to flag or feel a bit faint-hearted … |
| 7 | It 's the pile of it , yeah . |
| 8 | Unless it 's the likes of you , but in the day time |
| 9 | I like that it 's the smell of them ! |
| 10 | Yes he seems to be getting caught Gary does whether it 's the pace of our game or the fact that he is n't fit enough yet , who knows ? |
| 11 | Maybe it 's the threat of her crutches that is helping the decision makers sign . |
| 12 | Well if you 're gon na get the bottom of the garden where you 're downhill it 's not too bad but when you 're coming up here and doing as he was watering the new grass on the front he he I mean yes he is below it it 's the bottom of your storage tank in c in the attic which counts . |
| 13 | As for the great Largo e mesto itself , here it 's the intensity of his phrasing that gives so sharp an edge to the sorrow . |
| 14 | You know , it 's charge out time , it 's the cost of them not doing something else . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's the sight of us , me boy . |
| 16 | It 's the shape of your body — sorry , mind — that matters . ’ |
| 17 | It 's the part of you that the world ca n't accept . |
| 18 | It 's the finality of it . |
| 19 | It 's the finality of it … no matter how prepared you think you are … |
| 20 | Being honest about our motivation is crucial since , at this stage , we might discover that it is not our own Dream at all , or that our motivation is somewhat dubious : ‘ It will impress my friends ’ , ‘ It will be one in the eye for my parents ’ , ‘ It will ease my sense of guilt ’ , ‘ It will make me feel more secure ’ , ‘ It will give me power over other people ’ , ‘ It will make me feel special ’ , ‘ It 's what my partner keeps suggesting I do ’ , ‘ It 's the opposite of what my partner suggests I do . ’ |
| 21 | It 's the opposite of you really . |
| 22 | He , He went into hospital and they said erm that it 's the muscles of his heart that were affected they could n't do anything more for him ! |
| 23 | It 's the race of his life and he should get the result of his life . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's the colour of your hair , sir , ’ she explained . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's the colour of my hair . ’ |
| 26 | Companies which find it more difficult because it 's the centre of their existence , erm , are clearly looking at the situation , but will actually take a very long time to move to the position which you , in your particular group would like them to occupy , and I understand that , changing in I C I is rather different from changing at I B M , and er , therefore it takes longer , but I do see a a consciousness , it 's the same conscious , you 're impatient for change , quite rightly , companies of course , have to keep their employees in an earning capacity , at the same time , er , move towards the position which you would like to them to do , and it may take a long time , but I accept your point , which is with some companies , then in fact , your clearly going to get attention of some kind . |
| 27 | Tonight it 's the story of his uncle and as he stands around in the hall , he talks about his Uncle Rocco who was stationed in Ipswich . |
| 28 | It 's the story of my life . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's the story of my life . ’ |
| 30 | It 's the story of my life . ’ |