Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [conj] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's a manager , your dad , is n't he ? ’ asked Jamie Shepherd a few minutes later as they bounced round a corner with the old van rattling as if it was going to shake itself to bits at any moment . |
| 2 | His paintings were rather angular , with the nose , in particular , appearing as if it was glued to the canvas in an echo of Cubism . |
| 3 | I suppose I 'd better not tell him that thing you said about his face looking as if it was carved out of corned beef . |
| 4 | The brain was throbbing rhythmically , looking as if it was trying to well up out of the hole in the scalp . |
| 5 | The privately rented sector has traditionally been enumerated according to whether it is let furnished or unfurnished , with the latter usually providing somewhat greater security of tenure . |
| 6 | To recapitulate , the effect of the complicated network of legislation which was now ( 1954 ) in force was basically to create two values of land according to whether it was sold in the open market or acquired by a public authority . |
| 7 | And I think if you start analysing it and trying to think back to how or why , or questioning why it happened , you start worrying about whether it 's going to happen again , and then it wo n't happen . |
| 8 | Different elements of the term objectification may be emphasized , depending upon whether it is applied to the process of ontogenesis , culture or modernity . |
| 9 | In English , there is at least an indirect formal reflexion of the difference , in that the phrase an old friend has as its opposite either a new friend or a young friend , depending on whether it is used as a separative or an ordinary attributive adjective . |