Example sentences of "it [be] a case of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't notice it being a case of your putting up with anything ! |
| 2 | It was gon na take quite a while so erm we got the base five as quickly as possible so that we had as many hands on the job at once and er we had some formwork getting spare so we decided to make them useful and it 's a case of we 'd got six tanks to do and if we had a breakage we ca n't afford to stop the programme so as a er , a standby , just in case , we may never use these we might three or four uses out of but if we do have a breakage we want to be able to replace that straight away so have a spare set and you 've got nothing more to do and er get the walls , get the er , the back build operation right at the very end , ongoing , till you 've got the waterproofers in er get the waterproofing up to the five meter level and er get the back build in as quickly as possible . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a case of what I know now … . |
| 4 | I think it 's a case of what we have , we hold . |
| 5 | It , it 's a case of what she 's letting herself in for if we strike this out . |
| 6 | I 'm not leaving you here all alone , so it 's a case of you either coming with me , or of me staying here for the rest of the night and neither of us getting any rest . |
| 7 | To tell what the Tories are doing to the N H S , I mean I do n't think it 's a case of us making them aware of what 's happening . |
| 8 | This is a pity and I 'm afraid it 's a case of your researchers not seeing much beyond the end of their dicks . |
| 9 | The motherboard can take a full 66MHz DX2 chip but there 's no easy upgrade socket — it 's a case of our with the old and in with the new . |
| 10 | If flowers are preferred , it is a case of what to leave out , rather than hunting far and wide for attractive herb species . |
| 11 | and it is a case of it 's , it 's problems from the radiation treatment |
| 12 | IT WAS a case of what might have been for Scottish trio Cathy Panton-Lewis , Julie Forbes and Gillian Stewart in the opening round of the Republic of China Open at Chang Gung in Taipei yesterday . |
| 13 | Melanie Simmonite says she started 20 years ago … her husband did it so it was a case of you ca n't beat them join them … |
| 14 | it was a case of you stop , let . |