Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [subord] it be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their investment advisers might try to stop them , or limit the investment if it was being made on social grounds , but the Labour Groups could be relied upon to over-rule the objections . |
| 2 | Or if the horse has been jabbed in the mouth when it is being mounted , it goes on expecting pain in the mouth whenever it is mounted . |
| 3 | Ink is not needed because the LCD display shows the script as it is being written . |
| 4 | Traces of radioactive contamination were found on the flask when it was being washed after arrival . |
| 5 | If your dog is somewhat possessive , it may be best if you leave the room while it is being examined . |
| 6 | Store unused gas cartridges or fuel bottles well away from the stove when it is being used . |
| 7 | I got a porthole from the Fulforn when it was being sent off for being scrapped . |
| 8 | The machinery was damaged by employees of the stevedore while it was being unloaded . |
| 9 | Naturally , amongst other things that we took out into the desert with us was the long-established tea swindle , which we all subscribed to , It was considered a most heinous offence if pupil or anyone else taxied within the proximity of the tea swindle and the great volume of sand engulfed those who were engaged in making the tea — indeed , getting any sand anywhere near the brew as it was being prepared was considered a serious offence . |
| 10 | The pilot thought the size of the gray-green boxes , ‘ seven metres long and one meter wide ’ was familiar , somehow ; but ‘ as long as you do n't open the boxes , you do n't know what you have … it is blessed by the government when it is being loaded , so I could n't care less what it is . ’ |
| 11 | Using a medium tension and hanging a weight on the scarf as it is being knitted will make it curl more easily . |
| 12 | They will perform a ‘ live ’ density measurement of the oil as it is being loaded onto tankers — instead of having the laboratory do a sample test after loading is completed — and temperature measurement will carried out in the oil stream , a more accurate method than the current measurement at the loading headers . ’ |
| 13 | But the reason as it were was to address some of the issues er that Professor Lock has raised . |
| 14 | It might be necessary to lever up the floorboard while it is being cut and if the floorboards are tongue-and-grooved , some tongues need to be cut off . |
| 15 | To wind it round the world as it was being produced , the traffic police would object . |
| 16 | Has my mother any entitlement to income on the £60,000 as it was being gathered in by the solicitors and prior to it being handed over to the investment adviser for the purchase of the securities agreed by the trustees ? |
| 17 | The mystery that remains concerns the almost insoluble problem of whether the possum feels the pain when it is being bitten , but is incapable of responding to it , or whether it feels nothing , even though it ‘ knows ’ it is being bitten . |
| 18 | The scuffles broke out when more than 60 protesters began tearing down a fence while it was being erected by council contractors around the trees on a strip of land at Stafford Park . |
| 19 | For every incident which causes damage to a glider while it is being flown , there must be many more that happen because of careless or thoughtless ground handling . |
| 20 | Even a very trustworthy dog may turn on a person if it is being hurt or teased . |
| 21 | POLICE are hunting a mugger who tipped a baby out of a pushchair as it was being pushed by a 64-year-old woman . |