Example sentences of "it be [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Hello ? ’ she enquired , and would n't have been at all surprised , the way her head was , had it been Reception ringing to say that she had n't filled in her reservation form correctly .
2 What to do , how to do it and when to do it are instructions passed on by word of mouth from one generation to the next .
3 The only people we know who do it are Cosmetics to Go , the mail order firm that brings you such exuberant delights as Filboid Studge Asparagus Mask and Goop Liquid Eyeliner .
4 Would it be etiquette to talk of his business ?
5 Would it be heresy to suggest that such a committee need not be composed entirely of educationists and should not be composed entirely of specialists in curriculum development .
6 He suggests that the term ‘ porpoising ’ should be used to describe any aquatic animal that leaps out of the water and uses less energy than it would if it were surface swimming at the same speed .
7 Anyone who withdraws more than net interest or pledges the Tessa as security for a loan immediately loses the tax exemption and has to pay tax on all interest credited up to that time as though it were income arising during the year when the withdrawal or pledge took place .
8 Two French UNRWA workers were released from captivity in Beirut at the beginning of the year and I had watched their press conference imagining how I would feel if it were John delivering the speech .
9 On appeal by the Crown , it was found that the Lord Ordinary had failed to give proper weight to Taxes Management Act 1970 , in particular that interest on overdue tax was to be treated as if it were tax charged and due and payable under the assessment to which it related .
10 She did want it , but it 's Mark Got ta go up the town for anything ?
11 Tell her it 's Christopher to start with .
12 If they have to stop then British cheese will lose all it 's character say cheese insiders .
13 That 's not a problem that I can actually deal with er but Wales certainly er you know takes the sort of interest in Europe that we have seen from most of the Conservative speakers er in trying to sum up this debate you have to refer to them er of not being able to show , there 's a definite sort of anti European theme coming through from most of the speakers from the back benches who 've chosen to take part in this debate tonight from the other side and it 's difficulty to avoid summing up the debate without some reference to the points that they have made which is in complete contrast to the attitude that we have erm in Wales er towards Europe and that we are .
14 I mean it 's t a lot of it 's order taking and quoting
15 Oh yes , it 's council do n't do it , er , they have to , the Trainers ' Association paid for that .
16 Erm , in the past , the constitution of the West region association has allowed for it 's council to meet twice a year , one of those was an A G M , and for an executive committee to meet four times a year .
17 The accident happened after a stolen red rover car accelerated away into King edwards avenue , when it 's occupants realised they had been spotted by a police patrol .
18 And so I 'm thinking it 's Sally says keeping moaning , go to the doctors .
19 Believe you me it 's it 's progress getting .
20 That it 's Ga coming out in me , a kind of exhibitionism .
21 Parts of the river wye have been put on red flood alert , the highest level , as it 's waters continue to rise .
22 And God says the wicked are like the tossing sea , for it can not be quiet , and it 's waters toss up refuse and mud .
23 Well it 's o do you want a new flannel or anything particular ?
24 It is n't a question Chairman but it 's easy to ask as it seems , we you said a ten year , but what about a thirty service of deferred pension , that could be an entirely different situation , because that is inflation put under the Post Office and B T ones it 's inflation proofed every year , so for the ten years , if he 's if he 's got another ten years before he draws his pension at sixty , he would have that er deferred pension inflation proofed every year .
25 Bettie Serveert — it 's Bettie serves , in Dutch , after '70s tennis pro Betty Stove — are good clean fun .
26 And then it 's soups starting at three forty five , five forty five and then it 's on to main course .
27 I 've even tried getting him sectioned , but because it 's glue induced , there 's nothing anyone can do .
28 It 's position means cases must be carried 400 yards through the pedestrianised area , but the hotel is popular with families and couples alike and its facilities include a bar , pleasant summer verandah , dining room and garden .
29 That 's all it is it 's repetition go over and over or around whatever it is
30 oh close then er it 's Davis said absolutely stupid thing he really did
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