Example sentences of "[adv] it be his " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps it 's his ideal part , though at times too low . |
2 | Perhaps it is his nature you know |
3 | perhaps it was his glance at Meg Dennison 's ravaged face . |
4 | Perhaps it was his manners and his words . |
5 | Perhaps it was his puritanical upbringing . |
6 | Or perhaps it was his imagination . |
7 | Perhaps it was his mother 's death ? |
8 | Perhaps it was his room … |
9 | Or perhaps it was his fingers that were having that effect . |
10 | Bob is a lecturer at a local college , and so it is his wife Beryl who runs the hotel . |
11 | So it was his word against the company . |
12 | So it was his turn to ask questions and , of course , I only told him what I wanted to . |
13 | So it was his last trip and he 's waiting to hear something now so |
14 | Now it is his turn to cross . |
15 | By the time he reached the gallery his mother was at the far end of the broad corridor , but she was n't going into her room or into his room , she was making for the attic stairs , and now it was his turn to raise his eyebrows . |
16 | Now it was his turn . |
17 | Now it was his turn to reach for the phone . |
18 | Now it was his turn to be embarrassed . |
19 | I had helped him , he said , now it was his obligation to help me . |
20 | Now it was his aunt Elizabeth who nominated him , mostly because she says he 's a great , considerate wee boy . |
21 | She had said it all and now it was his turn to speak . |
22 | Now it was his men that were paying the penalty . |
23 | His sleeves were rolled up — which was what led me to make such an assumption — but really it was his hair that set the tone . |
24 | This he usually did , and often it was his eldest son . |
25 | I said well it 's his bleeding fault as well as yours . |
26 | Well it 's his pension is n't it ? |
27 | Well it 's his fucking ! |
28 | Well it 's his fault , his fault |
29 | ‘ She knew quite well it was his birthday . |
30 | Oh well it was his great aunt |