Example sentences of "it be [adv] [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's probably something to do with my father . |
| 2 | It 's probably something to do with the Froggy Davies business . ’ |
| 3 | Er one question less than five percent it will not be but I do n't want to go and indeed I , for reasons that er David outlined , I ca n't go , ca n't be precise , but er it 's not something to get scared about . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not mine to sell , Harry . |
| 5 | " It 's not mine to sell . " |
| 6 | until they collect it , it 's not , it 's not mine to keep , have to give it back |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not mine to share with you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's not anything to do with biology or psychology or any science or the old philosophies — it 's something so deep that even the most delicately poised approach almost inevitably occludes it . |
| 9 | It 's individuals , it 's not anything to do with Glasgow . |
| 10 | ‘ This haste , ’ said Paul , ‘ it 's not anything to do with Zeinab , is it ? ’ |
| 11 | " No , it 's just something to do . |
| 12 | It 's just something to say . |
| 13 | Well it 's just , it 's just something to bear in mind . |
| 14 | Och aye , it 's definitely nowt to do with that . |
| 15 | I decide he is insane but harmless , and it 's only someone to pass the time with after all . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's certainly nothing to do with Mozart 's music . |
| 17 | Erm Rob and Polly 's mum 's picking Simon up and taking him home and erm , Annette 's picking up most nights Gary 's gon na be home just after four so it 's actually someone to take them home . |
| 18 | Anyway , it 's obviously something to do with your real family , and maybe your brother will have one the same . ’ |
| 19 | It is not one to rally the world 's peasantries , pastoralists and other land-users to change the social conditions which bring about soil erosion in the first place . |
| 20 | Power is not unitary , it does not reside in the stats , it can not be reduced to class relations ; it is not something to hold or use . |
| 21 | It seems to me when deciding that case , the court of appeal were as Mr suggests taking a long-term view , I of course bear in mind the well known aphorism of Lord about er what happens in the long term , but er , my own view is , that in fact , a house should not actually be built as an investment at all it is something to live in , to make a home in , it is not something to make money out of , I very much regret the fact that er over recent years that view seems to have become somewhat old fashioned . |
| 22 | It is surely nothing to celebrate when sociolinguistic descriptions of behaviour are turned into folklinguistic prescriptions about ( women 's ) behaviour ; but given the realities of history and power it is also nothing to be surprised about . |
| 23 | It is n't anything to do with government at all . |
| 24 | And it says then it is n't anything to do with intelligence or anything like that . |
| 25 | They were talking about language on Radio Four and erm what people e , it is n't anything to do with the training course we 're on , it 's the language . |
| 26 | It is quite something to walk out as a batsman , even a county batsman , in front of a crowd , quite something to be clapped . |
| 27 | ‘ It was n't anything to do with the group . |
| 28 | I know now that it was n't anything to do with you . |
| 29 | It was n't anything to do with the nuclear industry , but a session on the TV game show Every Second Counts hosted by Paul Daniels [ pictured right ] . |
| 30 | It was n't anything to do with the way I felt or , for that matter , the way you felt … it was … ’ |