Example sentences of "[verb] it be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | funny it 's like cos they had the keyboard and that sort of rap beat it 's like , and all my kebabs are in salad cream , rap it on , stack it on , that 's my scene , gim me some kebab kebab gim me ages , wicked tune , I mean all these words |
| 2 | When you forty pee it 's like eight pounds |
| 3 | Well Ken , has it been worth it ? |
| 4 | A royal charter , read aloud by a villager on horseback , proclaims Seamer Fair to be open for business for the next seven days ; but it is not , nor has it been for the last fifty years . |
| 5 | How has it been for yourself , obviously you 've been here with your children , your husband 's been away for more than a month , in Iraq , there must have been er terrible thoughts going through you mind at certain times ? |
| 6 | Has it been in there with the books ? |
| 7 | If the law were changed in the way we suggest it is at least possible that such men would prefer to seek relations with older persons which would not render them liable to prosecution . |
| 8 | ‘ How do you know it 's on now ? ’ she asked carefully , and Ana turned over comfortably , smiling to herself . |
| 9 | how do you know it 's thingy ? , how do you know it 's for the kids in Norway ? |
| 10 | we I do n't , I do n't know it 's in Weybridge I think . |
| 11 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 12 | ( And for those clever dicks asking why I 've given it a higher rating here than in the footy feature , it 's 'coz I did n't know it was on budget then . |
| 13 | I know Meredith Putt 's been doing a lot of talking about the railway , but I did n't know it was on its way . ’ |
| 14 | I did n't know it was on the , it was on the T V today , said it was very good . |
| 15 | No , I did n't know it was on video . |
| 16 | Did you know it was like a hundred and ten . |
| 17 | And he did n't know it was in there look . |
| 18 | The problem SAVE faced was that it had been so disfigured by later alterations that many people doubted it was of sufficient interest to merit saving . |
| 19 | I was away up er Nunkton Kildray it 's between Invergordon and Paine |
| 20 | No idea just see expect it 's on the notices or send a . |
| 21 | I do n't know where your plectrum is , I expect it 's on the floor somewhere waiting for my hoover to get it ! |
| 22 | I expect it 's in this pile somewhere . |
| 23 | ‘ I expect it is on its way , ’ said the Thing calmly . |
| 24 | There was such stillness in him that when he moved it was like something dead had come alive again . |
| 25 | Legal experts say it is worth protecting cheques until the new laws come in by making the alterations . |
| 26 | Leading business figures , like the chairman of Sony , Akio Morita , say it is in fact time for companies to show more consideration for their employees , shareholders and local communities . |
| 27 | Say it 's for the snapper . ’ |
| 28 | I say it 's for young fellows like yourself and myself , ’ Fonsie said . |
| 29 | It 's organisers say it 's for everyone and it 's receiving public funding . |
| 30 | And then if he asks you what you 're doing just say it 's for like , you know , a project we 're supposed to be doing . |