Example sentences of "[vb infin] it be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't tell me she still does n't know it 's Gebrec she 's topped . |
| 2 | And I do n't know it was truth he said I 'm just collecting all the mole skins for somebody 's mo For a coat , but that was just a story I think . |
| 3 | And the only person who can disprove it is Puddephat himself . |
| 4 | She still could n't quite believe it was Eleanor who had sent her that poisonous letter , Eleanor who had destroyed her clothes and personal belongings . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't suppose it was Wordsworth who wrote it . ’ |
| 6 | Do you suppose it was Erdle who stole my iron ? ’ |
| 7 | As they watched their parents go it was Rachel who spoke first . |
| 8 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 9 | Do n't you think it 's time you unbent a little ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's time you stopped interfering in matters that do n't concern you ? ’ |
| 11 | And do n't you think it 's time you went home ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But do n't you think it 's time you got back to the ward ? ’ |
| 13 | It was her father who brought colour to her cheeks by saying simply , ‘ Lori , do n't you think it 's time you grew up ? |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's time she realized he did ? ’ |
| 15 | Do n't you think it 's time I was allowed to decide what I want to wear for myself ? ’ |
| 16 | Personally I do n't think it is traditions which are weighing them down but the fact that they have no support at home . |
| 17 | on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its . |
| 18 | I do n't think it was romance I thought he kept her in chocolates and cigarettes . |
| 19 | I do n't think it was Michael who suggested it . |
| 20 | The woman would probably think it was kids who had stolen them . |
| 21 | This time Reception said they had run out of vases and , whatever he 'd done , did n't she think it was time she forgave him ? |
| 22 | You do n't think it was Matthew who … |
| 23 | Well I do n't care it was Dan who pushed her , and Dan was pushed round . |
| 24 | I 'd say it was interest he lacked . ’ |