Example sentences of "it be [noun] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | thought it were road he put all four in , and he went down , up |
| 2 | ‘ It 's Stone he wants , really . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's thoo he mun suit . ’ |
| 4 | Sarella turned in time to catch Marc 's worried glance following the reckless path of the jeep , but then he turned , and she could almost believe she 'd imagined that fleeting expression when he gave her a cynical smile and said , ‘ If it 's proverbs he wants I could have swopped him a more appropriate one . ’ |
| 5 | Yes he thought you were at college today because I said no , I said erm it 's Tuesday he goes cos Kathy said oh your dad could of come on Monday , oh what 's this lad 's name who was helping me today ? |
| 6 | It 's Timmy he likes . |
| 7 | It 's time he came home to me . |
| 8 | Now some of his players are saying it 's time he came clean and declared his intentions . |
| 9 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 10 | in the summer I usually get him some trainers er cheap , the cheapest trainers anyway , but I mean yes it 's time he has them . |
| 11 | It 's Matthew he disapproves of , even though he does n't know him properly . " |
| 12 | I think it 's years he means . |
| 13 | I think it 's years he means . |
| 14 | Yeah Geoff was saying something , bloody hell make it last longer cos I was telling you I says ooh not Coalite it 's briquettes he said |
| 15 | What happened here was apparently an attempt to change strokes into dots ; and it is dots he wrote for the immediate repeat of the theme . |
| 16 | It is time he responded and paid compensation to those farmers , and allowed them to get on with earning their livelihood , instead of telling them that there is nothing for them from the Ministry of Agriculture . |
| 17 | Vinnie decides it is time he spoke . |
| 18 | His voice betrayed him ; she saw at once it was Jake he wanted to talk about . |
| 19 | It was William he loved , William could n't bear to lose . |
| 20 | It was love he felt — and not only for her : for the pathetic room , the faded carpet , the floor boards , the stove , everything . |
| 21 | So he went down and it was Kelly he spoke to and er she said he |
| 22 | Adam suspected that these days Rufus might be quite fastidious about wine , a wine snob even , the kind that savours bouquets and talks about nice little domestic burgundies and so forth , but in those days it was plonk he wanted . |
| 23 | But when he came along to tell her it was dinnertime he persuaded her to come down . |
| 24 | It was Allen he asked as though he believed it was he who had been responsible for the verderer 's disappearance . |
| 25 | Fifteen years later when William saw scores of homeless men sleeping on the streets it was Bramwell he commanded , " Go and do something " . |
| 26 | Shiva had no doubt it was Adam he saw . |
| 27 | Deep down it was Doreen he longed to see working beside him . |
| 28 | When asked if it was silk he replied ‘ I think it is , ’ obligingly donning it at the cash desk to the delight of watching photographers . |
| 29 | Perhaps it was time he told Corbett so . |
| 30 | ‘ Have you any notion who might have killed him , Inspector ? ’ said the Bishop , clearly feeling that , if matters were getting down to fundamentals , it was time he played a part . |