Example sentences of "it be [noun] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think they get , I think it 's Mold they go |
| 2 | They know it 's sympathy they need . |
| 3 | I mean it 's different if it 's clothes they need , good . |
| 4 | Now if it 's tablets they 've taken we do n't do whatever Angie did years ago in , in Eastenders and , and then she 's walked up and down and given gallons of coffee , what you do is keep your casualty at rest , nil by mouth because you , if you give them any fluid whatsoever it 's going to dilate , dilute the tablets that are in the stomach , and once they 're diluted they 've gone into the system quicker , mm , so there 's nil by mouth , now if you 're going to get up and walk them up and down because come on you must walk up and down , what 's happening to this per these tablets ? |
| 5 | I think it 's G they use as the high-hat and there 's all sorts of things . |
| 6 | I think it 's Shannon they arrived in . |
| 7 | Silly buggers , it 's jobs they want there first . |
| 8 | Their skin will be very flushed and dry you 'll get deep sighing and this is the one you 'll get the smell of acetone , not always , you know the nail varnish smell , the pear drops , and then from there they 'll get , they 'll go into gradual I 've put coma there , but gradual unconsciousness treatment the same sugar , if it 's sugar they want they 'll come round almost immediately , if it 's , they 've already got too much well you have , that little bit 's not going to make them any worse , they 've got to go to hospital anyway . |
| 9 | For it 's time they saw more of me in the south , Iago , where I shall not be expected . |
| 10 | Sliwa said : ‘ If people are going to like you it 's time they know the truth . |
| 11 | I really think it 's time they allowed me to join . |
| 12 | It 's time they earned their wages ! ’ |
| 13 | Comrades , it 's time that this union , along with other trade unions , made it absolutely clear to the Labour leadership , we are the Labour Party , it is us that gives resources , our time , our money , everything to try and get them elected and it 's time they stopped kicking us in the teeth at times such as this . |
| 14 | It 's time they joined the game . ’ |
| 15 | He said the flights amounted to £6,000 of taxpayers ' money : ‘ It 's time they paid the money back . ’ |
| 16 | Yet it 's James they have to thank every time they sink into their armchairs to listen to their favourite classics . |
| 17 | ‘ Liam Devlin , if it is Devlin they choose , is hardly going to parachute into the courtyard at St Mary 's Priory tomorrow night , Jack , and if he did , so what ? |
| 18 | I think if parents are concerned and feel that their child is brighter than his performance shows , then it is time they took some action . |
| 19 | But it is time they recognised the PLO as the real representative of the Palestinian people . ’ |
| 20 | Their record on crime is a disaster , and it is time they gave way to a Government who have the imagination and policies to tackle crime fundamentally , not at the periphery . |
| 21 | ‘ It is time they showed up and faced the music , ’ he said . |
| 22 | It is time they started delivering on their promise . ’ |
| 23 | It is time they pulled in their belts like everyone else is having to . |
| 24 | It is time they forgot their obsession with the money markets and concentrated on real issues , like saving the NHS . |
| 25 | It was women they wanted up there to spread some common sense among them . |
| 26 | When it was midnight they took the body of the Cid , fastened to the saddle as it was , and placed it upon his horse Bavieca , and fastened the saddle well : and the body sate so upright and well that it seemed as if he was alive . |
| 27 | It was shrapnel they call it . |
| 28 | At last the golden afternoon was over , and Robbie heard with regret Fen 's decree that it was time they returned to Water Gypsy . |
| 29 | It was time they transferred their attentions from ‘ the municipal privy ’ to suites at top hotels where those sort of drugs deals are carried out . |
| 30 | Perhaps , thought Theodora dispassionately , it was time they had to answer advertisements for their posts , satisfy a set of agreed criteria and become answerable to those who paid for their upkeep . |