Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would it be that head of the family ? or the coffin maker ? |
| 2 | I looked carefully about me , hiding behind one of those contorted shapes , and glimpsed Dana in the distance , walking away from the group of friends and joining a young woman , tall , pale , dark , distinguished-looking — could it be that dancer of his ? |
| 3 | Might it be that living with Phillis had turned him patsy , a dope to any skirt ? |
| 4 | Nor might it be much consolation to him , as he ran into the singularity in real time , to know that his particles will survive in imaginary time . |
| 5 | Could it be some sort of retribution for sending a 440k gif file last week ? |
| 6 | Might it be some form of … |
| 7 | Could it be some form of horse decoration . |
| 8 | would it be any help for |
| 9 | The man who used to ride around Knockglen as if it were all part of his estate ; that was Eve 's grandfather , Major Charles Westward . |
| 10 | The contract is back again , I done all this erm water pipe it were all gravel in there sunk into the ground you know big hole in the ground ! |
| 11 | So we started another thing then the , if you paid fourpence you , you could have your suit wrapped up and it were new paper with string . |
| 12 | She said to me when they find out what it is she could soon have you on your feet , but she thought it were that shadow on me lung . |
| 13 | ‘ It were that doctor with the yellow hair , were n't it ? ’ she said . |
| 14 | yes I allow the plaintiffs appeal and dismiss the defendants as it were cross appeal from the order in erm it 's the August er taxing master right of the twelfth , twelfth of August is n't it ? |
| 15 | He was studying it reverently , as if it were some breviary of tobacco . |
| 16 | But again the accent was on seniority : ‘ Commonly wee do not call any a yeoman till he be married , and have children , and as it were some authoritie among his neighbours ’ . |
| 17 | Condensation is an epidemic on this estate and usually the tenants are blamed , as though it were some kind of social disease , not a structural defect . |
| 18 | The establishment was ringed with barbed wire , and guarded by men of the R.A.F. Regiment whose N.C.O.s kept discipline by threatening their men that misdemeanours would result in their being sent ‘ inside the Park ’ , as if it were some sort of madhouse . |
| 19 | Usually , one then treats one set of relations as problematic and.simply assumes the existence of the other , as if it were some sort of indeterminate background noise or , more contentiously , assigns truth to one and falsity to the other . |
| 20 | People often treat science as if it were some sort of ‘ forbidden country ’ . |
| 21 | It was disguised as if it were some form of regional assistance , whereas it was bailing out uneconomic , old industries which ought to have been modernised . |
| 22 | Eventually he tied it down and sat muttering about it being typical behaviour of suitcases and that they were not to be trusted . |
| 23 | They seem to have disregarded one immediately evident aspect of Mr Fraser 's life ; it being Fair Day at Strichen he had guests at lunch , one of whom had at least been sufficiently energetic to have attended a lecture Dr Johnson gave at Lichfield . |
| 24 | In fact , he grunted something complimentary about it being dashed public-spirited of me to come back so soon . |
| 25 | It follows therefore that it is enough for the prosecution if they have proved in these cases the assumption by the [ defendants ] of any of the rights of the owner of the goods in question , that is to say , the supermarket concerned , it being common ground in these cases that the other three of the four elements mentioned in Viscount Dilhorne 's speech in Reg. v. Lawrence had been fully established . |
| 26 | Well it 's bound to me , he must get fed up , but eh , he do n't really want a job like , full time , he wants to be able to he gets fed up of it being full time after a while . |
| 27 | Well I do n't remember it being any hassle for me . |
| 28 | It 's non-stop action with the most complete Formula One coverage ever . |
| 29 | It 's twelve pound for a bloody tub of that stuff . |
| 30 | And er it 's cast iron of course , with a steel screw and then er big brass balls on the end of this thing and then you would squeeze it down and then if you did it correctly , you took it out and the indelible ink , would have transferred the actually letter including the signature on the flimsy which was then filed in the |