Example sentences of "[subord] it be [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole thing is a lot tougher on Tod than it is on me . |
| 2 | It 's much harder on them than it is on you . ) |
| 3 | London is different to me than it is to you . |
| 4 | Too close a contact with leading journalists could be of more benefit to the media than it is to you . |
| 5 | ‘ Rid yourself of the notion , sir , ’ he said on a menacing note , ‘ that it is any more acceptable to me than it is to you ! ’ |
| 6 | Or maybe it is simply that a second to them is a vastly longer subjective experience of time than it is to us and other creatures , possessed of a slower metabolic rate . |
| 7 | ‘ It seems like a nightmare , ’ said Breeze in bewilderment ; ‘ but it 's much , much worse for you than it is for me . |
| 8 | Well it 's probably gon na be easier asking you to nip up to shop than it is for me trying to get back . |
| 9 | We need to remember that it is no more natural for women to live longer than men than it is for them to have lower incomes , to expect to give up work if their men wish it at marriage or in later life , to be the keepers of family memory , the main carers of those in need , the main sufferers from the empty nest as children leave home . |
| 10 | It is much more effort for the speechreader than it is for you . |
| 11 | It could scarcely be more vivid in their memories than it is in mine , but what is also vivid in my memory is the aftermath of those events , which was the Government 's sensible accommodation of the fears and anxieties that had been expressed . |
| 12 | our conversation 's even more riveting than it was before it went on . |
| 13 | As far as the RAF was concerned , they had this nice little lull when losses fell substantially , so it was for us a calm period in the storm . |
| 14 | Once it 's on it 's way it 's done . |
| 15 | Once it 's on you ca n't get it off mind . |
| 16 | First there was a vague lightening of the sky ahead , then the drumming of the rain was less persistent , the lesser darkness in the heavens spread until it was over them , they could distinguish the greater irregularities of the ground , the last few drops of rain splashed down and a blissful silence spread around them broken only by the sibillations of the water draining away among the rocks and the splash of their sodden feet . |
| 17 | I am not sure if it is worth it , |
| 18 | That you must only love someone if it 's worth it ? |
| 19 | Well , I says to him , I 'm getting sick of these calls cos you do n't know if it 's for him or him . |
| 20 | ‘ If it 's for you , you would want to open it yourself . |
| 21 | If it 's on it 's own . |
| 22 | What if it 's about you as well ? |
| 23 | If it 's from me it 's got ta be silly . |
| 24 | He 'll never have to see himself day after day in a mirror and wonder if it was worth it because he 's blind , you see . |
| 25 | But she still was n't convinced , so I said , listen , I 'll tell you something , if it was between you and your husband , if I was going to have an affair with one of you , it would be you ! |
| 26 | No , no if it was from a blood transplant then I 'd feel sorry for them , but if it was from you know , then I do n't . |
| 27 | An organization would be most unlikely to dismiss them without good reason , and if it were to they would have little difficulty finding alternative work . |
| 28 | How could we decide whether it had free will or was just a robot , programmed to respond as if it were like us ? |
| 29 | Cos it 's on it 's cheap in here . |
| 30 | Unless it 's under it 's ge generic name is it ? |