Example sentences of "it be [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | However , in my opinion , the best parts of it are those which present not so much the strictly emotivist thesis as a more general attitudinist thesis which is more convincing when detached from the former . |
| 2 | A purely syntactically ill-formed sentence , on the other hand , is irredeemably deviant , and the only contexts which can accommodate it are those which induce a tolerance for grammatical incompetence or , at any rate , nonconformity : |
| 3 | Should a phase generally be gratifying he will successfully pass through that one to the next ; should it be frustrating he will remain fixated at this stage and as an adult manifest a particular personality constellation , such as the ‘ oral character ’ , distinguished by such features as excessive dependence , passivity and ‘ mouth habits ’ . |
| 4 | If you only buy one book , let it be this one ; you will be lastingly enriched . |
| 5 | with a caretaker has n't it be elect them , there is n't one is there ? |
| 6 | Or will it be another one that I have to join in with ? |
| 7 | If it were alive I 'd strangle it ! ’ |
| 8 | He said it were continental something and th |
| 9 | If it were reasonable it could not be miraculous , could it ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I think , ’ she remarked , ‘ it has pleased God to punish them justly , for they really talkt as if it were impossible they should be beaten . ’ |
| 11 | " And it were better we sailed sooner than later , " he added . |
| 12 | Wendy betrayed by Rhoda 's desire for Ken : betrayed by the author of her own being : no wonder she had faded out of the world so quietly and gently and quickly , as if understanding it were better she had never been born . |
| 13 | Just as green wood , when it is put into the fire , weeps tears of water in the heat because it is still green ( for if it were dry it would not weep ) , so does the heart weep when it is made green again by the renewal of grace , after the desiccating dryness of selfishness has been drawn out of the soul . |
| 14 | If it were true it would be a remarkable telepathic phenomenon , but sadly there is usually a much simpler explanation . |
| 15 | But even if it were true it would n't be the sort of fact to interest one in a person , would it ? ’ |
| 16 | Still If it were true it would obvioulsy good to get some more experience . |
| 17 | If it were true he would have telexed my hotel . ’ |
| 18 | The first uses PC /k to show that you do n't know anything of which you know that if it were true you would not be a brain in a vat . |
| 19 | I have talked glibly of complexity , and of apparent design , as though it were obvious what these words mean . |
| 20 | As she were in a hurry an' it were ready I said you 'd send on t' bill . ’ |
| 21 | She wondered whether it were conceivable he had forgotten about it . |
| 22 | The reasoning behind it being that she would not be able to come to terms with the notion of her mother being dead , so by removing her from the place where the tragedy had occurred and allowing enough time to pass , she would better be able to come to terms with her loss . |
| 23 | In the event of it being correct it should be established whether any undue difficulties were involved that could have led to the fault arising and whether the approach to the task could be improved . |
| 24 | If there are any other suggestions There were none , and it being obvious who would have to head the subscribers , Richard wound up the meeting by reading aloud a letter from Willis , delivered by way of Bluebird , in which , addressing them all as shipmates , he sent them all a squeeze of the hand and God bless . |
| 25 | But it 's vain You write what you want to hear . |
| 26 | it 's twelve I did n't realise that went in there . |
| 27 | Yeah but he 's your doing it because it 's annoying you though . |
| 28 | I mean it 's , it 's general I suppose I mean if it would be better to switch it on and off which you can do and er , you know , I mean we ca n't sit here continually talking |
| 29 | But still if you , you , otherwise when it 's tidy you just leave it alone . |
| 30 | ‘ You do n't have to take the dishes out of the dishwasher and put them in the dish rack and then take the cutlery out of its little plastic box and then put it in the cutlery drawer making sure that the spoons go in one compartment and the knives in another compartment and the forks in another compartment except there are always forks in the spoons compartment and knives in the forks compartment when you get there so it 's hopeless it 's always too late to get things right it 's a total frost honestly is life you are a lot better off dead in my opinion . |