Example sentences of "is [conj] it [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Alcohol did me the greatest favour , which is that it brought me down to earth . |
| 2 | In a moment I will produce the recipe — and please , will readers do their best to suspend disbelief until they have tried it ? — but one of the main points about this recipe is that it taught me ( for after all , one does not buy lobsters all that often ) that anisette is , improbably but incontrovertibly , a quite magical ingredient in fish dishes and sauces . |
| 3 | The huge advantage of fame is that it gives me , for no proper reason , access to people that I would never otherwise have . |
| 4 | The only trouble is that it gives me an American accent . |
| 5 | ‘ All I know is that it cost me a lot of money to learn . ’ |
| 6 | This is because it reminded me of the type of frame one might put around a tapestry or sampler , and I feel this symmetrical design is somewhat reminiscent of sampler work and needlework in general . |