Example sentences of "it be [adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 The cause of her disadvantage rests in the social arrangements we make , yet there is a tradition of social analysis which attempts to blame the girl for her failure , as if it were simply her responsibility to overcome the conditions of class , race and gender to which she is subject .
2 it were partially my blame you know .
3 He wondered if Heather , sitting in the same chair and gazing at the same view , had somehow bequeathed to him this reaction , or if it were entirely his own , a product of the self-pity Kingdom had identified .
4 Thus Barthes 's account of wrestling does not seem so strange and unlikely as if it were merely his own and there were no alternative account against which his was implicitly juxtaposed .
5 It 's already his most high-profile record to date .
6 It 's probably their own quiz game then is it ?
7 , it 's probably our diet , it 's what we get used to .
8 We think it 's probably your girl — the ring on the finger fits the description and her parents are local . ’
9 ‘ Even you ca n't go against the wishes of a dead autocrat like Uncle , ’ replied Peter , ‘ though it 's probably your dearest ambition !
10 Mm , it 's probably your orange coming back .
11 It 's probably your hair then .
12 It 's probably my interview voice .
13 It 's probably my last time . ’
14 It 's neither my problem nor my concern . ’
15 If they mistake the origin of a letter of yours , it 's neither your fault nor mine .
16 It 's mostly my gardener I have to thank for that ’ , said the doctor modestly , ‘ but , yes , I do take an interest .
17 Yes , it 's surely their van .
18 It 's simply my tongue .
19 I , it 's simply my business tosortof help the works .
20 Look can you move over here look cos it 's nearly our turn .
21 Actually , as far as I can gather , it 's just their jargon for a bedsit house .
22 But when it 's just their bodies , they seem to want to do good , and close up , with maximum risk to the self .
23 In the winding it 's just their lot has n't changed a great deal .
24 it 's just their way , it 's a way I mean
25 ‘ Duw , ’ she said , ‘ do n't you worry about that , now , my mam is no trouble , it 's just her legs are bad just now and that cough of hers is troublesome but she bears up well , mind . ’
26 It 's just its location but it 's nice .
27 It 's just me paper I 'm marking me rose on
28 Me mum 's me mum 's is alright , it 's just me dad g keeps saying oh there 's these noises and I 'll , and I 'll go in it and there 's no noise .
29 I think it 's just our culture as well
30 In these daydreams there is n't much sex , it 's just our living together .
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