Example sentences of "in [noun sg] it be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more effective cry is ‘ Fire ’ because everyone sticks their heads out in case it is their house or car that is about to be burnt down . |
| 2 | Like to know though , in case it is anything to do with Nigel and then they can get it sorted out . |
| 3 | ‘ But when he dies , we 'll never be able to hunt in Meath again , in case it 's him , ’ Claire pointed out . |
| 4 | Just in case it was anything venereal — though he did n't see what opportunities a woman of her age could have had for picking it up — he made sure that there was a larger gap than usual between them in bed . |
| 5 | As only the second Asian MP in Parliament it is anyone 's guess how that issue will affect the voting this time in this traditionally ‘ conservative ’ area . |
| 6 | Lucille 's home was very grandly called a château , though in truth it was nothing more than a large moated farm with a crenellated tower to remind passers-by that the building had once been a small fortress . |
| 7 | In fact it is everything a manager needs to know so if you are bucking for promotion you need this disk . |
| 8 | In fact it is everything a manager needs to know so if you are bucking for promotion you need this disk . |
| 9 | But it is , to my mind , a much more dangerous and insidious type of fiction than Dallas for it poses as an exercise in statutory construction , when in fact it is nothing of the sort . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's not an unusual reaction ; in fact it 's what I would expect . |
| 11 | In fact it 's me what 'as ter keep my crowd in order . |
| 12 | Now for you and for me , that 's a lot , in fact it 's everything we 've got , but what has God committed to you and to me ? |
| 13 | In fact it was me who had to break the news of the murder to him . ’ |
| 14 | In fact it was something of a school for bass players . |
| 15 | For instance , a book on the influence of religious tradition on the education of women in Britain and India might include substantial chapters or whole sections on Hinduism , Buddhism and Christianity ; if the indexer therefore indexed HINDUISM , BUDDHISM , CHRISTIANITY , RELIGION , EDUCATION , WOMEN , INDIA , BRITAIN , the later combination of individual facets such as HINDUISM and BRITAIN might suggest , falsely , that the book was about Hinduism in Britain when in fact it was nothing of the kind . |
| 16 | In fact it was she who had advised him to get a second opinion on the matter , from a lawyer . |
| 17 | In fact it was his identical twin , whom nobody knew about , and who had come back to tidy up his brother 's affairs . |
| 18 | ‘ In fact it was you we came to see . ’ |
| 19 | In fact it was you I think who stopped me from pulling it up , I bought it as a , a stick from Bromley , in Bromley |