Example sentences of "it be a [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Had it been a ploy it would have been a rewarding one , but Vanessa was not given to ploys .
2 She repeated the word softly , testing the sound of it on her lips , as if it were a word she had never heard before .
3 There is a particular kind of French personality who always pronounce the word francais as if it were a football he is heading towards less privileged mortals .
4 In recognition of it being a charity which had acted in the public interest , the judge awarded only three-quarters of the costs , estimated at £50,000 , against the conservation group , which is considering an appeal .
5 It 's a route he has just retraced for the character of Fergus , the IRA man who attempts to re-make his life in The Crying Game ] , an experience Jordan understands well .
6 So i i it 's a standard you know dinky little thing like y you us you use You know the with their little twirly thing and er the you saw the
7 It 's a lellow I mean a yellow tie .
8 It 's a change we were both prepared to take .
9 We s it 's a word we use quite a lot .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 It 's a word which everyone is using and it 's almost like confetti .
13 It 's a word you are unlikely to find in the dictionary but , if you think of it as the opposite to ‘ extrude ’ , meaning to thrust or push out , then the term becomes more understandable .
14 If I write this on the board , I 'll break it down for you because it 's a word you may well see , sorry about that
15 Well it 's a skill I have .
16 You are all familiar with our loyal supporters , but what about those people on the fringes who may have given a donation or done something for Save The Children in the past , but never really followed it up and there are the people who are interested who think , it 's a charity I feel I ought to support .
17 Let's see if we can move them on this year so that they start to think it 's a charity I know I really want to support .
18 Oscar , oh it 's a comedy you know
19 It 's a bike it 's electric .
20 It 's a look I never thought he 'd give me .
21 It 's a feature we always enjoy compiling as we never fail to learn something from it .
22 But it 's a duster you take to it , not one of the latest hydraulic drills , and even as you dust , you must do it lovingly .
23 And it is not just a revolution , it 's a rural revolution , it 's a revolution which is taking place through the peasantry .
24 But it 's a technique which can be used in many different ways , for example :
25 If it 's a will it 's the executor or the one executor of the number of them who are proving it .
26 It 's a reputation we 've kept to the present day .
27 Like most other immigrants , Rita came here following a dream and it 's a dream she does n't want to give up .
28 It 's a fate she 's accepted with surprising equanimity .
29 It 's a threat which puts miners at greater risk of contracting crippling lung diseases .
30 It 's a threat we 've taken very seriously .
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