Example sentences of "it [be] a [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're singing gold-rush songs at the tops of their voices in the dayniter and it 's a wonder they have n't all rocked the train right off the rails , with the noise and the booze . ’ |
| 2 | It 's a wonder they did n't get er suffocated some of the kids then in them days . |
| 3 | It 's a wonder they do n't make a car port here you know ? |
| 4 | I mean we 've got to see it 's a wonder they have n't been on to us cos they 've stopped the er |
| 5 | When they 've felt like a' dae it 's a sign they 'll be movin' oan soon . ’ |
| 6 | So it 's a distance they 've got away from the start . |
| 7 | It 's a bit they , I mean these people they even do interest free credit |
| 8 | Having heard that , and secondly due to your patience er through your patience getting clarification that it the borough could if it wished allocate its sixty hectares under this structure plan policy outside the town centres and that things that then took place in town centres would be extra , it 's not something they have to do but it 's a freedom they would have in their local plan , having heard those two things , the concern I 've got that even at sixty hectares , Harrogate 's allocation was too small erm really recedes very quickly sir , and would completely disappear and here Mr Allenby and I are at one , |
| 9 | It 's a way they have . |
| 10 | It 's a pity they are n't also rich . |
| 11 | It 's a pity they ca n't make a living at it then they 'd all be millionaires and prices 'd be better . " |
| 12 | " It 's a pity they seem to have forgotten you , my dear fellow . |
| 13 | It 's a pity they wo n't be at Wembley . |
| 14 | Ah well we will wait and see erm , they 're trying to solve everybody 's problems but ours , er with all this talk about spending money on education , sorting out the traffic problems erm , it 's a pity they do n't spend a bit more time in their budget calculations in dealing with the problems of this council and not those of the county council . |
| 15 | It 's a pity they 've got nothing else better to do . |
| 16 | It 's a trick they 've learned , presumably to keep themselves safe in confined spaces . |
| 17 | It 's a trick they repeat often , but it works every time . |
| 18 | But it 's a prospect they view with equanimity , especially club coach John Lowe . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's a phase they all go through . |
| 20 | He says that it 's a situation they find unacceptable . |
| 21 | It 's a shame they had to go . |
| 22 | It 's a shame they 're not . |
| 23 | There 's a lot to be said for the modern falconry centres — anything that helps people to appreciate birds of prey is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned — although it 's a shame they have to be turned into tourist attractions . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a shame they do n't know what he 's like . ’ |
| 25 | He says there are lots of tourists and it 's a shame they just come for that . |
| 26 | It 's a shame they do n't do the grey ones in black cos they looked comfortable as well . |
| 27 | Mummy said we were going to spend next Christmas there — it 's a thing they 've been meaning to do for ages . ’ |
| 28 | It 's a killer they 're after , not a burglar or a car thief . ’ |
| 29 | Other people say things of this kind enviously , and even unkindly — novelists seem to attract the envy and unkindness of other people ( though so little enviable ) ; it is a pity they are not nicer to one another . |
| 30 | It is a pity they did not emerge from their hiding place in time for the 40-year anniversary reunions of the 49/50/51 groups , but they are partially relevant to the ‘ 52s next year . |