Example sentences of "it [be] [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long 's it been since I 've been there ? |
| 2 | who else could it be that we know , you know ? |
| 3 | Could it be that we encourage more of the public to buy books ? |
| 4 | Could it be that they do not have the stomach for the hard grind which seems to be necessary to pick up those all important computer points ? |
| 5 | ‘ Might it be , I 'm only hazarding a guess , you realize that , but might it be that they want you to get them out here again ? ’ |
| 6 | At the time of her conversion , she was sometimes ecstatic with love ; on one occasion she returned home , and was so on fire with love which God had manifested to her that all she could utter was : ‘ O Love , can it be that thou hast called me with so much love , and revealed to me , at one view , what no tongue can describe ? ’ — Von Hugel . |
| 7 | Can it be that you condone his actions ? |
| 8 | ‘ Can it be that you do not remember me , Mikhail ? ’ he pleaded . |
| 9 | Can it be that you have no idea of the power a young , nubile girl can exercise over a young , impressionable male ? ’ |
| 10 | How long will it be before we find Cockayne |
| 11 | It does n't though , and the photocopiers are good enough to pass official muster , how long can it be before we have the sort of crisis of confidence in our physical currency not seen since the days of the coin-clipping Tudors ? |
| 12 | How long will it be before they pair off — if in fact I have a pair ? |
| 13 | ‘ How long will it be before they give me the all-clear , do you think ? ’ |
| 14 | But given the discrimination shown against climbers in the present price structure , how long might it be before you climb at High Rocks by season ticket , or prior arrangement and private fee only ? |
| 15 | Your gelled and moussed-up creation might look stunning on the day , but how will it be when you wake up next morning . |
| 16 | But seriously , why do you suppose there has been so little said about Sunday trading in the book trade ? could it be because we have failed to make a ‘ cold , calculating examination of the long term balance of financial advantage ’ ? |
| 17 | Now , I have put down reports about the finance committee er as it were but I think the responses from the churches and districts sort of calculator will be there , we think that it would seem as though we should only offer the same amount as last year . |
| 18 | It 's er erm a little bit more straightforward a we 're looking straight onto this wall , looking straight onto the steps , and we 're looking straight onto the door , so everything is looking , sort of erm full-faced as it were and I think that makes for a less interesting composition than the previous one . |
| 19 | And what this means is that from now on the cla lectures will trail the classes , which , which does n't matter and is actually quite er a good thing in the sense that what will happen from now on is that we 'll first do a topic in the class and then I will give the lecture on it the week after , or possibly even two weeks after , which is okay because it means that then in the lecture I can concentrate on filling in the gaps , straightening out the misunderstandings and generally adding to what we did in the class , rather than leading as it were as I have up until now . |
| 20 | Cos like , it 's before I go to bed I I sort of get my , my organ out and |
| 21 | It 's since I 've met people you know , they all seem jolly . |
| 22 | Well it 's since you know we had that party last weekend . |
| 23 | I do n't know whether it 's that we want much , too much |
| 24 | If we go to an exhibition together we find that we like the same paintings ; so I think it 's that we have an empathy in our way of painting , in the whole attitude to painting . |
| 25 | Mostly it 's that they do n't travel well , whatever flightcases you use . |
| 26 | It 's that they have equal decisions , really so you ca n't say . |
| 27 | It 's not so much that , it 's that I prefer my cooking to your cooking . |
| 28 | I think you 're , you 're often asked to do reactive tasks when I 've done all my tasks , you know I 've got all my staff doing this , and then I 've got to help down on the shopfloor , and it 's not that I 'm doing something that I 'm , you know , I should be doing as a manager , it 's that I 've done all of mine , and I 'm going out to give them a hand . |
| 29 | It 's that I do n't want it . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's that I think you 're gay ! |