Example sentences of "[verb] it be [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as a last sort of erm two days of the sale or something , they have their special offer next week or fifty percent off everything or something I feel sorry for these places really , that do you know it 's funny I only saw the car immediately in front of this grey one in there must of been a dip there because there 's two cars in front of me |
| 2 | Wendy betrayed by Rhoda 's desire for Ken : betrayed by the author of her own being : no wonder she had faded out of the world so quietly and gently and quickly , as if understanding it were better she had never been born . |
| 3 | The man who designed it is confident they 've got it right . |
| 4 | For one thing , the attitudinist view escapes an objection to subjectivism made by Moore that if when I say an action is bad I report my negative feelings towards it , and when you say it is good you report your positive feelings towards it , then there is no disagreement between us ( since we will probably both agree that the other has the feelings he reports ) which Moore thought an absurdity . |
| 5 | environmental an'all and the council say it 's environmental you 're likely |
| 6 | The Atomic Energy Authority has now introduced new procedures at Harwell and say it 's confident there wo n't been another similar leak . |
| 7 | Because I say it 's stupid you know to destroy them or fling them away |
| 8 | Police are hoping the men will be identified from these pictures , they say it 's imperative they are caught . |
| 9 | They say it 's vital they speak to anyone who was in the shop or the surrounding area at the time . |
| 10 | Experts say it 's vital they prevent it happening in the future . |
| 11 | It could be that the couple simply decided to go away for a few days , but those who know Mrs Allsopp say it 's unlikely she would have left without telling anyone . |
| 12 | Scouse was seated in his armchair reading a paperback — a Western — oblivious to the flies and mosquitoes , and as I approached it was obvious he was not bothered in any way about the smell . |
| 13 | If we really believed it was risky we would have a financial interest against timber-frame being built . |
| 14 | The council says it 's tried everything but so far has been unable to grant the old lady her wish . |
| 15 | I hope Sue says it 's O.K. she thought . |
| 16 | Now well enough to speak about the accident for the first time , he says it 's amazing he survived . |
| 17 | She says it 's horrific I 'd rather they 'd have hurt me . |
| 18 | I phoned me friend up you know and erm on Friday and asked and she said you do n't sound very well , I said I 've got a headache I said I 've had a headache every , cos I 've been on a diet and she turned round and said , she said you know she says it 's funny she says erm , you know what 's with us , what 's it with ? |
| 19 | Tony Carpenter , a dietician , says it 's vital they drink as much fluid as they can get . |
| 20 | Audrey says it 's vital she wins her case … |
| 21 | Oxfam says it 's unlikely they 'll even be able to sell toys that originally had a CE mark . |
| 22 | I should n't think many men would have dared to have written it was all her then , in the first person |
| 23 | I hope it 's that one . |
| 24 | A purely syntactically ill-formed sentence , on the other hand , is irredeemably deviant , and the only contexts which can accommodate it are those which induce a tolerance for grammatical incompetence or , at any rate , nonconformity : |
| 25 | If you only buy one book , let it be this one ; you will be lastingly enriched . |
| 26 | She looked at the clock and noticed it was twenty-past one — everyone was in now except Michael . |
| 27 | She said it was tragic because of Kezia , and the way she went on you 'd have thought it was all my fault . |
| 28 | my Lord I do n't think there 's much point in going through that , we do n't believe it 's relevant we believe |
| 29 | try to walk away and I 'll come to depend on you , I give you all the love I had in me da da da I ca n't believe it 's true you better stop stop with my heart , you always break my heart , you better stop before you tear us all apart you better stop . |
| 30 | Personally , I do n't believe it is all it 's cracked up to be . |