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Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Oh yeah eh has it been up someone 's arse ?
2	I do n't know it 's just whatever the
3	Well I do n't know it 's just what we liked at the time you know , we liked anything that was considered a bit way out then , you know
4	I do n't know it 's just I think he 's trying to make me out as a bad mother
5	Well , Mr Patten will do his best to make a silk purse out of a sow 's ear , and the audience will know it was not his idea .
6	As they went down , he asked : ‘ When he called , how did you know it was n't me ? ’
7	Erm well I mean they did n't know it was there you see .
8	In Denise 's case , " He did n't really know it was only his idea .
9	Pity it was n't his severed head she was going to view !
10	The way to tighten it is when you 're on a beat , just pull it in as the tension is taken by the mainsheet .
11	the shopping and the cooking and the sa , she made a remark , abo , and I said well it 's always the same even if you go out to work it 's still your job
12	I wondered what would happen if I ignored the call or pretended it was n't me , but I had a strong feeling that they knew it was me .
13	Colonel Goreng was moving away from the details of the operation to talk about the Western concept of ‘ human rights ’ , to mock it , to say what a ridiculous shibboleth it was when it stopped you defending the rights of those who were n't criminals , when Mrs Goreng knocked on the door .
14	Last night he had to put new plugs in , they were brand new before he crashed it were n't they ?
15	‘ I expect it was when we were over in Europe and went to the Derby Eve dinner in London , ’ the elderly woman said .
16	Well that 's cos he moved it was n't it ?
17	Erm you occasionally forget it 's there which makes your conversation more natural but you also forget to turn the tape over
18	How come it 's always She 's doing this to me , She 's doing that ?
19	Erm I think we 're er er we 're quite clear at the moment that the correct erm interpretation of it from our point of view is as a fixed asset investment and unless something changes in the er constitution of the company , erm although it may be erm the guiding thing become profitable I think one 's got to play by the rules and the rules at the moment say it is n't one .
20	The meaning is not in the words it 's in the way you say it is n't it ?
21	‘ You say it is not my child .
22	what I would suggest is I mean I I I I 'm not picking that one up quite frankly I suppose but er you know , people say it 's well it 's pupil management you possibly
23	If Leeds say it 's not something we can deal with here , this is the number you ring and they 've been told the wrong number that is a very bad impression and all the airports get calls constantly , as you know from B A days , so no matter what it 's about people will ring a local number , no matter whether it 's in two foot high capitals saying for enquiries ring this number
24	But Thames Valley police say it 's not they who are risking lives .
25	The ‘ Old Guard ’ , no longer playing a role at Central Office , has muttered darkly about the inexperience of the ‘ Brat Pack ’ : the Young Guns say it 's not their fault , that they have been forced into the background by more experienced campaigners .
26	So why I said to you on the telephone as you say it 's not what you say it 's the way you say it .
27	We say it 's not our policy .
28	As I say it 's when I take the bandage off at night .
29	The police say it 's how he got hold of a knife is a matter for the prison authorities — but Bullingdon Prison declined an interview .
30	As enforcement of water pollution regulations places demands on polluters of time , manpower , and money , one of the basic premises informing routine pollution control work is the assumption that every discharger has a substantial economic incentive to evade enforcement : ‘ Everyone will try to get out of it , or say it was n't them . ’