Example sentences of "[vb base] it [be] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The evidence on which I base it is that , within three weeks of the White Paper being introduced in the middle of this year , there were 15 announcements of changes to the proposals now in the legislation .
2 ‘ I expect it 's because he 's a clergyman , or was , miss . ’
3 ‘ I expect it 's because you 're my stepbrother , ’ Jenna said sarcastically .
4 ‘ I expect it 's because I 'm writing and it takes longer , ’ Maggie confessed with a shrug .
5 ‘ I expect it was after you left .
6 Officials say it is because the two sides have different versions of what was decided at the previous negotiations that the ceasefire has broken down .
7 Some say it is because no boat people have been returned home against their will since December 1989 .
8 ‘ But if it 's as they say it is and everything goes smoothly , David will only miss four or five matches at the most .
9 Erm no I I honestly do n't think that er that the the problem is as big as as big as you you say it is and I I think the the structures are there to deal with that and if if people had you know if people used them then they would they would work and they from time to time that they are used and you know it it is not impossible to get rid of rid of a teacher in in the way you are suggesting .
10 Mum wants a pair of trousers for going out with , you know well she 's got plenty but like I say it 's but then you get I 'll no it 's not very personal to give somebody a voucher though is it ?
11 Yeah , I think it 's b as I say it 's because I think people are wary I mean you know , not sure who 's who .
12 Some people say it 's cos he 's got a thing in the church do n't they ?
13 And all the history books say it was because of you … the R.A.F. So there you are .
14 Without for one moment implying any impropriety , this last episode demonstrates how deliciously appropriate it is that Mr Wyatt should subsequently have struck up such a warm friendship with the world 's foremost collector of air miles .
15 I 've been figuring out S , A and B , wha why you ha , you have to start , you know , then I realise it 's but you got ta put it in the way it 's ready to er record have n't
16 I think what happens all the time , I understand why , if you put true you me , you you put it was that the one thing that sales people always desperately want is something new .
17 Well I hope it is but they 're not good are they ?
18 We hope hope it is because if you take three weeks to do that it dilutes
19 Yes now what I meant was that , that erm in a group like this , the the th th the leader or the leadership role may be relatively minimal and the individualism of the members may be relevant , but I hope it was cos I I think it 's a mistake for class in groups and that so one would hope in this kind of group , the individual variation would be so important that these kind of group phenomena that Freud is talking about in this book but clearly in other groups they 're they 're more important , partly because you can never organize a group by kind of having a meeting with everybody .
20 Let it be and it will last for ever .
21 it 's someone 's given you a list look it 's that learn it .
22 I do n't see them very often but when we meet it 's as though we 'd seen each other yesterday .
23 To go back to ‘ Beowulf : the Monsters and the Critics ’ : if this makes one thing clear it is that the literary quality Tolkien valued above all was the ‘ impression of depth … effect of antiquity … illusion of historical truth and perspective ’ which he found in Beowulf , in the Aeneid , or for that matter in Macbeth , Sir Orfeo , or the Grimms ' Fairy Tales .
24 If parliamentary self-government is the essence of British liberty , the condition upon which we enjoy it is that the United Kingdom is politically distinct and separate .
25 I suspect it 's because the 1992 election is the first in which the BBC is following ITN 's lead by using exit polls .
26 If your child is slow at school , you suspect it 's because you are not with them enough or because you should have read with them more .
27 I suspect it 's because they make such great watches that the women ca n't be fooled into thinking that 40 seconds is an hour and a half .
28 Right , now we 're way behind here , and I suspect it 's because of a lot of chattering .
29 I spect it 's cos it 's too cold .
30 I spect it 's cos he 's got a false leg .
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