Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [be] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all its unmistakable force it was before him . |
| 2 | Red car it 's like ours is n't it ? |
| 3 | Indeed , if he has a fault as a critic it is in his boyishly enthusiastic generosity towards authors — Thomas Usk , Lydgate — who are not really as interesting as he makes them sound . |
| 4 | In the short term it was in their interest to co-operate with the rest of the council , and the real test of their ambitions would come after the coronation , when they would be in a position to exploit their closeness to the new king . |
| 5 | In the short term it was in their interest to co-operate with the rest of the council , and the real test of their ambitions would come after the coronation , when they would be in a position to exploit their closeness to the new king . |
| 6 | ‘ You do n't know what a pleasure it is to me , Pip , ’ he said once , ‘ to be with my dear boy , in the open air . ’ |
| 7 | But her smile was strange — as if she was sharing a secret with me , that this was an illusion it was for us two , not the old man , to foster . |
| 8 | It is difficult to form any clear conception of what these activities would be like if undertaken in isolation but so far as one can form such a conception it is of something essentially futile . |
| 9 | Then he lowered her to the ground and shifted over her , and for a second it was like it had been before and fear touched her , but then his lips came down and brushed her mouth , and she was lost . |
| 10 | As a medium it is supreme among the arts in its ability to portray the real world , hut it is in itself quite artificial , and it speaks to us by way of a pictorial language which first took shape during the early days of the silent cinema . |
| 11 | You do n't know Stella , what er a delight it is for us to have you . |
| 12 | At the moment it is in my garden , but I do n't think it is hardy enough to stay there . |
| 13 | At this moment it was for him to protect her , and he must find a way to do it . |
| 14 | Nell Anderson knew she was seconds from death , and that despite her desire for it , the moment it was on her was terrifying in its violence . |
| 15 | He liked her , you could n't help but like her , but he wished in this moment it was in him to more than like her . |
| 16 | Maxim had a tie with him , but at the moment it was in his pocket . |
| 17 | Meanwhile the owner the person who lived a small terraced property , whose garden backs onto the fields tried to get the hounds several dozen hounds off these two dogs who were being savaged to death and he had a heart attack in the process , Chairman and was hospitalized for several weeks That Chairman is the effect of the hunt on one of my constituents whose job it is for me to defend the rights that I was elected here to defend the rights of my constituents , not to be harassed in this manner . |
| 18 | ‘ Have you told security it 's on its way ? ’ |
| 19 | The first is how much at variance it is with what actually a conservative government seems to expect . |
| 20 | At this point it is in its critical state . |
| 21 | Although what business it is of yours … ! ’ |
| 22 | Daddy it 's for you ! |
| 23 | she 's had her chance and I 'm doing all I can to help her but at the end of the day it 's on her shoulders . |
| 24 | It was entitled ‘ The Condemned Cell ? ’ and I cut it out and for some while it was on my desk . |
| 25 | If it comes off once a season it is worth it . |
| 26 | This week it was in her womb . |
| 27 | He also felt that the evidence of abuse was unconvincing but given the involvement of other agencies in this area it was beyond his remit to challenge it in compiling his advice for the Statement . |
| 28 | Nowadays the mid-1950s rock craze seems to provoke nothing more than a nostalgic chuckle , and when the original Teds are remembered at all within the contemporary preoccupation with hooliganism it is as something quaint and remarkably innocent . |
| 29 | I was out of my element , and the air itself could have been made of gold for all the use it was to me . |
| 30 | ‘ I rang him — he 'd given me a list of all the Grands Prix contact numbers — but when he came to my hotel the next morning it was of his own accord . ’ |