Example sentences of "the [noun sg] it be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the majority it was purity which provided the language both to challenge men 's immorality and to stake out their own claim to speak about sex . |
| 2 | And perhaps their foolishness will make everyone understand that however much fun Home Alone is for children at the cinema it is fiction and can not be made real by acting it out . |
| 3 | On the contrary it is science . |
| 4 | However , before he could redpoint the route it was stole by Peak District raider John Arran . |
| 5 | He tried to cover up the flutter of surprise by leaning forward and telling the driver it was time to return to New Scotland Yard . |
| 6 | On the PC it 's Control Shift left square bracket for the opening doubles , Control Shift right square bracket for the closing doubles . |
| 7 | ‘ Who 's that lying on the runway Who 's that lying in the snow It 's Matt Busby and his boys Making such a f***in noise cause they ca n't get the aeroplane to go ’ |
| 8 | Edith had also stopped all the pupils in the school from beating her up again after the first incident and during the riot it was Edith who had saved her life . |
| 9 | After the break it was Swindon 's turn , a back heel from Hazard , a perfect pass from Hoddle , a smart ball from Maskell and Paul Bodin took the glory . |
| 10 | While Rush ended the night as the hero it was Paul Stewart who got Liverpool going . |
| 11 | After two weeks out in the desert it was time to take stock . |
| 12 | Indeed , at the end of the scene it is Olivia who is left alone on stage — in that key situation of the end-of-scene soliloquy that tells all — to declare her newfound , misbegotten love in verse . |
| 13 | With the Majorcan it was love or nothing so nothing it would have to be . |
| 14 | Hello seven three one eight , no Roger 's off duty at the moment it 's Chris here erm , he should be , hang on I 'll just have to look at the watch roster and check up on precisely what his movements are , erm just look through tomorrow and I can find the right page in the roster here , er , two thir yeah , he 'll be on tower , so he 'll be in first thing tomorrow from about seven , seven o'clock onwards . |
| 15 | turning the output into mono because at the moment it 's stereo and it 'll only come through one earhole . |
| 16 | Wonder what Charlotte 's passion will be by her next birthday , at the moment it 's Postman Pat . |
| 17 | At the moment it 's marionettes |
| 18 | So using the default palette as the basis it is time for change . |
| 19 | At the Jamboree it was time for tea . |
| 20 | Outside its context of the newsroom it 's rubbish . |
| 21 | Microsoft Corp is now saying that Windows/NT will be announced on May 24 and that the target is to deliver it before the end of the second quarter , although US PC Week does n't expect ships to start until July ; there 's no exact date , says the company , since it will not ship until the product it is spot-on . |
| 22 | Christina Muir : ‘ Coming from a small boarding school evacuated and decimated by the war it was paradise to be with girls with intellectual interests . |
| 23 | Well after the , the aircraft had actually er left the airport to go , be handed back to the RAF they said sometimes had to be serviced or final adjustments made and that 's what they used to go out there for but erm Helliwells was ver it was still , all through the war it was Helliwells aircraft they used to have their own lorries and everything and they used to erm , be under the auspices of the Air Ministry but it was very much a private company . |
| 24 | But when they arrived at the meeting it was Oldfield who was wearing Branson 's horn-rimmed spectacles , riffling papers in his briefcase and doing his best to look brisk and businesslike , while Branson gesticulated in a parody of artistic eccentricity . |
| 25 | But the one on the right it 's glass will cost you more to replace than the complete |
| 26 | Right up until the four men left the cellar it was touch and go whether they would attack us . |
| 27 | By the end of the decade it was Gloucester , not the bishop , who dominated the region and contemporaries knew it . |
| 28 | By the end of the decade it was Gloucester , not the bishop , who dominated the region and contemporaries knew it . |
| 29 | For those who went the distance it was time to reflect on their achievement . |
| 30 | They went to bed and when Lavinia woke in the night it was Timothy Gedge she thought of , not her lost child . |