Example sentences of "it [be] a [noun] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it been a Saturday we should have stayed to see the cheese market . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a change we were both prepared to take . |
| 3 | We s it 's a word we use quite a lot . |
| 4 | It 's a word we use to talk about masses of undifferentiated humanity — like buying a pound of whitebait for your supper , rather than , say , 341 little silver fishes that once frisked and swam in the dappled shallows of the ocean . |
| 5 | It 's a word we use to talk about masses of undifferentiated humanity — like buying a pound of whitebait for your supper , rather than , say , 341 little silver fishes that once frisked and swam in the dappled depths of the ocean . |
| 6 | It 's a feature we always enjoy compiling as we never fail to learn something from it . |
| 7 | It 's a reputation we 've kept to the present day . |
| 8 | It 's a threat we 've taken very seriously . |
| 9 | Our childhood shapes the kind of people we become , and influences our choice of career , so it 's a subject we often turn to on the show . |
| 10 | It 's a subject we do not talk about . ’ |
| 11 | It 's a wonder we have n't had them before . " |
| 12 | they used to pour it out of a can you know , it 's a wonder we did n't all die of tuberculosis but we did n't . |
| 13 | It 's a question we all got — that always gets asked when — ‘ |
| 14 | If it 's a boy we 'll call him Dennis , and if it 's a girl , Denise . |
| 15 | None of this ‘ It 's a lifeform we must respect it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a problem we still have to solve , ’ said a spokesman : it may want to look up the latest crop of hopefuls such as Covia Technologies Inc , Locus Computing Corp , and NobleNet Inc which have recently begun to offer just such solutions . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a problem we 've got to address without any further delay as it 's the same players who are being booked in practically every other game . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's been a problem , but it 's a problem we are tackling and winning , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Rachel fidgets round the room like it 's a hotel we got to leave by ten . |
| 20 | But it 's a stretcher we need , an ambulance , sort of . |
| 21 | at least it 's a deterioration we share . |
| 22 | It 's a pity we ca n't see the street names , though I do n't suppose it would do us a lot of good if we could — well , not without a street map . ’ |
| 23 | And I think it 's a pity we do n't carry it |
| 24 | I I p I 'm inclined to suggest that it 's a pity we have n't got that in , somewhere at the beginning or the end to sort of give a bit of beef to it . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's a pity we do n't ever stay here long — we are constantly sent out on missions . |
| 26 | It 's a pity we 've not got a copy of our own . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's a pity we have n't time to visit the wall on this trip , ’ Roman said as they entered their suite . |
| 28 | It 's a pity we ca n't animate the final movie for you to see , but take my word for it — and the editor 's — the results are certainly superb . |
| 29 | Over the noise he hears Mark say , ‘ It 's a pity we ca n't go to Florida . ’ |
| 30 | Well , if he lived in the north- east , er part of this county , that great ar area where there is very little in terms of infrastructure perhaps er er it 's a pity we ca n't have a few more hysterics and we would perhaps get further down the road . |