Example sentences of "[conj] it be [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , although it was something to tell the others at school , secretly I thought he was important enough already . |
| 2 | Most will have a dim idea that it 's something to do with conservation and looking after nature . |
| 3 | It was , in fact , the second international conference on Evolutionary Biology , not that it 's anything to do with what I 'm now saying , but the next one is actually going to be right here in 1985 and that 'll be nice . |
| 4 | He guesses that it is something to do with education and reflects wryly that ‘ all we got was a bible and a thick ear ’ . |
| 5 | Be prepared to consider the possibility that it is nothing to do with food . |
| 6 | Even so , she felt sure that it was something to do with her , that there should only have been the Maxwell girl there . |
| 7 | Harvey 's group , for example , found that peeling paint in the home related to lower IQ , but that it was nothing to do with lead in the paint , relating more probably to the influence of the parents . |
| 8 | He said that it was nothing to do with him ; it was a matter for the Department of the Environment . |
| 9 | Caroline had disappeared but it had been shown that it was nothing to do with him . |
| 10 | He came round at once , and said that it was nothing to worry about ; Susan was worn out , that was all , and must stay in bed for a few days . |
| 11 | The truth is that there is an embarrassment of riches in Joyce 's work that it was what to leave out which posed the problem , not what to include . |
| 12 | The Director of Public Prosecutions urged the Greater Manchester police to investigate the trial in the light of allegations of police corruption , while the Manchester police authority announced that it was itself to hold such an inquiry . |
| 13 | ‘ So it was nothing to do with my magnetic personality , outrageous sexuality , fantastic charisma ? ’ |
| 14 | You 're having some row between yourselves and it 's nothing to do with me and you never want to listen to me and — ’ |
| 15 | And it 's nothing to do with me . |
| 16 | ‘ There 's an art to tackling and it 's nothing to do with the elbows in faces , eye-poking , testicle-grabbing and raking opponents down their Achilles tendons that he talks about . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's obvious , and it 's nothing to do with your charts . |
| 18 | And I shall go out with Nigel as often as I like , I shall go to his home whenever I like , and it 's nothing to do with you ! |
| 19 | Sorry to be so cryptic , and it 's nothing to worry about — in fact , quite the reverse . |
| 20 | This is a very common response , and it 's nothing to worry about as long as you realize that the manager 's emphasis has to be on getting the unit to run efficiently . |
| 21 | And it 's something to do with getting the num the , the system so you 've got zeros in and I did n't understand what the heck it was on about . |
| 22 | Now you 've had a very good idea for fund raising I believe have n't you and it 's something to do with your daddy . |
| 23 | I do n't mind the hard training because you get better and better at it and it 's something to do . ’ |
| 24 | and it 's something to do with work then ? |
| 25 | The Scots and the Welsh and the Irish have clearly retained very strong national cultural characteristics , which have made it necessary for the student who wants to make accurate distinctions to say ‘ British does mean something , and it 's something to do with the Briton overseas ’ . |
| 26 | And it 's something to do with that and an embargo date 's a little bit like that , and in a sense , you may well be able to stop people actually publishing the thing , but they will still know and be working on it if it 's of any importance , so use embargo dates advisedly . |
| 27 | You may have caught me doing this some of you may have have noticed that I try to force meself not to and it 's something to remember . |
| 28 | coming to London and it is something to do with television |
| 29 | I can not remember why it is wrong , but it is something to do with the music , and it is something to do with Calatin … |
| 30 | Life is a gift , and it is yours to learn how to receive , not to earn . |