Example sentences of "it [be] the [noun sg] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mother , being as it were the core from which the family springs , causes all its members of the family to lose their bearings when distanced from . |
| 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 | ‘ Oathbreaking , the theft of a horse , uttering false coinage — yes , I think it 's the Arena for you , Rincewind . ’ |
| 9 | It 's the principle upon which all record companies would work if they were n't run by total bastards . |
| 10 | Now he 's been taken ill with this so , she hopes that he do n't and get behind you know but it 's the head in it ? |
| 11 | I like that it 's the smell of them ! |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | Maybe it 's the threat of her crutches that is helping the decision makers sign . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | You know , it 's charge out time , it 's the cost of them not doing something else . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's the sight of us , me boy . |
| 18 | It 's the shape of your body — sorry , mind — that matters . ’ |
| 19 | The Gloucestershire Regiment — shortly to face being amalgamated as part of the Governments defence cuts — wants more young recruits and spending a day with them is one way potential soldiers find out if it 's the life for them . |
| 20 | Martin Katahn confirms that ‘ it 's the fat in your diet that makes you fat … when it comes to being fat and overweight , it 's primarily the fat calories that count , not the carbohydrate and protein calories ’ ( T-Factor Diet ) . |
| 21 | But it 's the working with them , you know , you 've got to try and work with them , he 's got to go round may be every five minutes and make sure they 've put it out , otherwise he 's going to stand there doing his university work . |
| 22 | It 's the part of you that the world ca n't accept . |
| 23 | It 's the finality of it . |
| 24 | It 's the finality of it … no matter how prepared you think you are … |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | It 's the opposite of you really . |
| 27 | it 's the gristle on it , it 's that tinned meat , but that were |
| 28 | It 's the race of his life and he should get the result of his life . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It 's the colour of your hair , sir , ’ she explained . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's the colour of my hair . ’ |