Example sentences of "[vb -s] [subord] [conj] it [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But despite the fact that at first sight the novel looks as though it is going to offer a fairly conventional , though well-written account of an actual incident , this is not a book from which to learn about Russian history . |
| 2 | But th , the thing is that it looks as though it is going to be a fairly ongoing thing that 's going to it may be well on certainly er a beyond assembly when we have to come to a conclusion , and therefore we ought to know the picture er , of , within reform churches far more clearly in giving more time . |
| 3 | Erm his , his cold looks as though it 's settling in his eyes |
| 4 | the other darts looks as though it 's missing oh no |
| 5 | The effort already looks as though it 's working . |
| 6 | That one , that 's the big toe , is where the foot actually is twisted outwards this one is where the foot is curved under , and that I 've put in red because it 's the most common sort , very common , that is where the foot is forced up and that one is where it looks as though it 's standing on its toes . |
| 7 | These may need to be debated as they were before compromises may need to be rich , but I 'm afraid it looks as though it 's gon na be a compromise only between two parties , but this is n't a . |
| 8 | Looks as though it 's gon na rain . |
| 9 | It looks as though it 's going too fast even when it 's standing still ! ’ |
| 10 | So that that looks as though it 's going well . |
| 11 | And , I nearly got up to Beachfield cos Carole said ooh it looks as though it 's going down Hampton ! |
| 12 | That so it looks as though it 's going away . |
| 13 | It sounds as though it 's going to go on forever then . |
| 14 | At first sight , the filter circuit may appear conventional but the presence of the diode D1 is unconventional and it seems as though it is going to be switched off all the time anyway , the anode ( a ) always being at zero potential . |