Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [conj] [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And why did Rose seem to sag wearily , as though it were tired and feeling its age ? |
| 2 | People perceive the world as though it were guiding and constraining them . |
| 3 | It 's unlikely that asking my help will be approved by your masters . ’ |
| 4 | It is self-evident that learning something entails a prior capacity to learn it . |
| 5 | If the algorithms for correction of the above four types of spelling errors were to be applied to our system , it is unlikely that applying them to the highest-rated allowable string ( if there are any allowable strings ) is going to find the intended word . |
| 6 | It was dark and getting someone 's attention was n't easy . |
| 7 | " When it was clear that identifying him was going to be a long job — if , indeed , he could ever be identified — the coroner issued a burial certificate . |