Example sentences of "it be [adj] [noun sg] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's this thing they 're doing in Norway . |
| 2 | It 's some research they 're doing on vocabulary |
| 3 | If it 's any consolation they totally ignore that |
| 4 | ‘ It 's another joke they had , like Papa Burger and the spectacles . |
| 5 | It 's another reason they 'll blow you out . |
| 6 | It 's wonderful work they do , wonderful . |
| 7 | We are not even likely to put up with our politicians ' abdication of monetary responsibility for long , though it is another subject they try not to mention in front of us . |
| 8 | She was dear little thing , not pretty , jolie laide , it is big loss they have … ’ |
| 9 | And it was good whisky they got was too new made you see . |
| 10 | so he said they put her to bed and he said it was best Christmas they ever ! |
| 11 | And probably it was cold weather they would have two or three coats er you know . |
| 12 | As I said , Gifford Tate and he were buddies , and it was some argument they had about colours . |
| 13 | But the Frenchman was murmuring to him , a quick flow of English mixed with French , about nothing much , but Miranda could tell it was some business they had together . |
| 14 | Khor , he said it was some guy they know in Spiderglass itself — you know , they pay him and he sneaks out and does it right here . |
| 15 | It was this company they sorely missed once unemployed . |
| 16 | ‘ She 'll have the curtains drawn , ’ said Preston , who suspected it was another commandment they 'd be breaking , even if he had n't specifically been told about it . |