Example sentences of "it [be] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On that particular day I I was coming home from work and it were quarter to nine , I 'd just finished work . |
| 2 | You are lucky enough to have Bella here to teach you , and your mother also , and as you know , I have undertaken to instruct you in history , since I am the one who has seen such a lot of it , as it were face to face . |
| 3 | ( c ) I do not think the Engdiv case , 1990 S.L.T. 617 assists Mr. Beazley , since both the pursuers seeking contribution and the defenders resisting it were parties to the building contract at issue in the case , so that it was difficult to resist the submission that the claim for contribution in that case was in a matter relating to a contract . |
| 4 | The supermarket 's suppliers Gulf Oil , based in Cheltenham , said it was reacting to a local situation and Tesco says the cut is part of it 's service to customers , denying it 's creating an artificially low price . |
| 5 | It 's home to The Ski School Of Great Britain and nearby Murren has been the backdrop for films including James Bond 's On Her Majesty 's Secret Service — remember the revolving restaurant ? |
| 6 | It 's home to the vast fish plants which process two and a half million tons of fishmeal every year … to be sold as animal feed . |
| 7 | But it 's home to the Oxford School 's Sailing Association . |
| 8 | It 's home to a number of rare trees and wildflowers . |
| 9 | And it 's home to a wealth of wildlife . |
| 10 | Still no goals , it 's play to Gascoigne , Gascoigne now still going forward , Gascoigne on the edge of the penalty , looking for the one two , he gets the one two , great tackle there by Les Robinson , there 's still a chance to Spurs Steve Foster , chance now — and it 's a goal to Spurs . |
| 11 | It 's quarter to three by this time and still he 's had no lunch … |
| 12 | Of course — it 's quarter to three — I 'm not going to get any lunch … |
| 13 | It 's not quarter to three here — it 's quarter to three at Paddington ! |
| 14 | ‘ It 's quarter to twelve , ’ said David . |
| 15 | Right this minute now cos it 's quarter to nine already , we need to be getting going to school considering we were n't going five minutes ago and now we are ! |
| 16 | Mm it 's quarter to ten already |
| 17 | Gosh di do you know it 's quarter to four ! |
| 18 | Well I looked at that and I thought I thought well I 'm , I 'm sure it 's quarter to and checked on mine . |
| 19 | It 's quarter to seven . |
| 20 | It 's quarter to ten . |
| 21 | I was , I was quietly groaning away thinking oh God it 's quarter to eight thank God I have n't got ta get up . |
| 22 | Erm , his son Nick , he 's a computer programmer for I C L , but I believe it 's now changed it 's name to D two B. Caroline 's at Essex University taking a Master 's Degree in Art , and Christopher 's still at school . |
| 23 | It is possible to attempt to justify poor practice by claiming that it 's response to parents wishes : silent classrooms brought about by severe discipline , numerous paper exercises completed to provide evidence of industry and antiquated forms of behaviour paraded as good manners are just some examples . |
| 24 | What about it 's chances to of of century |
| 25 | So mass is a sort of a bit like resistance , it 's resistance to acceleration . |
| 26 | It 's back to front , |
| 27 | So it 's oboes to clarinet , I have n't got the parts in here but I can if I n if someone is going to volunteer to clarinet , horns horns will stay at horns , but horn two presumably on trum what are the what are we going to give the trumpet to do ? |
| 28 | ) ‘ It is not a beauty , to be sure , ’ Coleridge wrote to Poole on 28 November ; ‘ but it 's vicinity to you shall overbalance it 's Defects . ’ |
| 29 | It is nicknamed Southyork because of it 's resemblance to R J Ewing 's ranch , Southfork from the soap opera , Dallas ! |
| 30 | After five months of modifications , overhauling and a complete refurbishment by Stoddard 's own engineers and tuners , the latest Bonded Machine is on it 's way to the Wellco Corporation in Georgia . |