Example sentences of "[pron] be a [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am a bit it 's too many Think took too much . |
| 2 | Now I 'm an ex-gardener I 'm a horticulturist it take roughly about forty years for trees to reach maturity it does n't say much for our planners if they plan to put those trees there and then now are gon na have them up again it sounds much like change for changes sake and that that it basically my comment . |
| 3 | Now that I 'm a teetotaller it 's become even harder . |
| 4 | My palace if I were a king it 's more than a palace it 's my everything . |
| 5 | And , ‘ When I was a boy it was always considered bad form to talk about food or money . |
| 6 | When I was a kid it was great because you could go to the music store , put down your money and get something like an SG Junior — not an expensive guitar but a really good guitar all the same , a guitar you could keep for life . |
| 7 | When I was a kid it was two-times table and the sharp edge of a ruler along your-arse if you did n't know them . |
| 8 | If I was a scientist it would be like finding a cure for for a disease or a technological breakthrough . |
| 9 | ‘ When I was a girl it took twelve yards of cloth just to make an underskirt for a ball gown . |
| 10 | I waited till we heard him on the stairs , then told them how I had offered to drive this run , but now that I was a passenger it would be against the rules . |
| 11 | If you are a beginner it is a fair bet that the prescription is not right and you should review the case and select another remedy . |
| 12 | So , if you are a vegetarian it is certainly worthwhile making sure you include other good sources of iron in your diet . |
| 13 | If you are a parent it is almost certain that your increased awareness of the value of dietary fibre will start to influence the foods you provide for the family — and thus their habits and preferences in the future . |
| 14 | You jest with me now come on we 're we 're we 're being serious Noel if you are a teacher it is almost impossible to sack you . |
| 15 | NO MATTER how talented or hardworking you are , if you 're a woman it always takes extra effort and drive to succeed in business . |
| 16 | So if your if you 're an elder it 'll be very difficult to get up those very steep steps etcetera so it 's got disadvantages now it 's been run all sorts of ways it 's was run you know it was run as a as a wine wine bar it was run as a restaurant it 's been run as a bar it 's been run as a stage door club but all this all these ways have been run by private individuals it 's not always been the trust that 's run it it 's been run as franchise all these people have great problems actually making profit out of it and making it suitable . |
| 17 | If you have worn something since you were a baby it is natural that you want to rebel a bit , ’ according to the firm 's sports products manager Tony Linford . |
| 18 | She 's a cold it 's , it 's a viral |
| 19 | She was a person it suited . |
| 20 | When she was a child it was left uncut and grew down well below her waist . |
| 21 | And I will be bold to say I am honest , though poor , and if you was a prince it would not be otherwise . |
| 22 | I think Freud would say though however that these are more like the th the was talking about religion , now clearly if something is a outlawing it is n't gon na make much difference to it , or if anything it 's , it 's just gon na make it er , er make it more difficult , but there are certain types of religion and Judaism is one of them where th this very pattern you 're talking about did occur and here Freud is er probably standing on , on firm ground , for reasons which I 'll explain in my lectures I do n't wan na take up too much time , but I have done a bit of research on this myself and as you will see , erm there 's , there are good reasons for thinking that Freud was certainly right about some of those and we certainly know that a monotheistic and , and an absolutely rigidly monotheistic religion appeared in Ancient Egypt as erm Andrea said , just before erm the er reign of this heretic er heretic , heretic pharaoh one of whose er near descendants , I forget how he was related now , erm was originally called Tutamkhatan and then was forced to change his name to Tutankhamen and he was dug up by Howard Carter in nineteen twenty two or something er and er the Tutankhamen is called Tutankhamen and not Tutamkhatan is that there was a religious . |
| 23 | The country was sunk too deep in chaos to be dragged out of it ; the climate of violence was such that voting would be impossible ; intimidation by the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) meant that if there were an election it could not be free and fair . |
| 24 | me see what it is and there 's a chance it 's actually down |
| 25 | I says to him oh look there 's a fight it might be worth having an automatic . |
| 26 | ‘ You really think there 's a possibility it was n't Kemp who rang ? ’ |
| 27 | six years ago , seven years ago and you know it 's moved on from there and I made the point , yes it was started in the point a at the level of , there 's a file it 's got information , get on with it ! |
| 28 | I think that whenever there 's a programme it ought to be agreed above and below er a hierarchy . |
| 29 | Drug use is illegal in prison , but on order to deal with the risk from shared needless there 's an acknowledgement it goes on . |
| 30 | Inspector Derek Calvert , of Skipton police , said : ‘ There is a possibility it is a rival farmer or owner of stock who is also showing next week . |