Example sentences of "it [is] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Older hippy brothers started the ball rolling , since when it 's bounced everywhere from the realms of rock ‘ n ’ roll to the spark plugs of ‘ C86 ’ . |
| 2 | It 's ganning back in the morning . |
| 3 | It 's hanging on by a thread |
| 4 | When unlocking a trolley , make sure it 's pushed close to the trolley in front before inserting the coin . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's getting on for an hour since we left Cartier . ’ |
| 6 | " The one she 's wearing is getting very tight across the — well — it 's getting tight in the wrong places . |
| 7 | It 's getting back to a sensible level again , and the music — especially the British music — is really pushing forward . ’ |
| 8 | When the fox is caught , they say , it 's killed swiftly with a single bite to the back of the neck . |
| 9 | Now … " he rooted through the papers on the floor , " now , here 's your marriage certificate , it 's made out in the name of Paddy Montgomery … " |
| 10 | That night , she 'd said , ‘ If you 'd come out the Quindale way you 'd never 've got through ; it 's flooded right across the road from Briar Farm to the old water tower , three feet deep , burst water main , ’ and Luke had said , ‘ Yeah , ’ and gone out to the kitchen to raid the fridge . |
| 11 | His leg looks like it 's broke — it 's sticking out at a funny angle . |
| 12 | End date it 's picking up off the same list . |
| 13 | It 's picking up onto the same list is it ? |
| 14 | It 's rainin' up in the mountains accordin' to that nice immigration laddie . |
| 15 | In the afternoon the weather is really hot , the way it always is when you go back to school , after it 's rained non-stop for the summer holidays . |
| 16 | You 've got an S O four with two bonds on it and it 's holding on to a hydrogen |
| 17 | It 's to sit down with the practice manager and say right tell me about these businesses . |
| 18 | Erm whether it 's to do just with the words , like for dictionaries usage y'know or whether it 's to do with erm how language is strung together , functional use of grammar or whether it 's to do with units and repertoires and bigger units or whether it 's to do even with ideologies or yeah |
| 19 | and that 's where the back door is , in the other bedroom you 've got a ventilator you know but it 's not actually facing into the bedroom , it 's facing outwards towards the bathroom , you know and the stairs |
| 20 | Once it 's locked up inside a glass case , surely it 's safe ; no one can expect me to do anything about it then . |
| 21 | ‘ Why somebody 's left an 'ole choc-ice on the floor , and it 's run all over the place . |
| 22 | Now it 's blown up into a dispute between the two , with each side blaming the other for the lack of progress . |
| 23 | if there 's no fucking cellar key it 's stopping outside on the promenade ! |
| 24 | See , it 's indicated there on the plan running into the Thames . ’ |
| 25 | It 's sinking right to the bottom is n't it ? |
| 26 | If you 're buying a cut tree , you 'll be paying obviously from where it 's cut up to the bottom branch , or if it 's a rooted tree you 'll be paying from ground level up to the bottom branch again . |
| 27 | When the second part of the strap is cut it 's matched up with the main piece for colour . |
| 28 | The company that bottles the water says it 's acting completely within the law and is simply responding to customer demand . |
| 29 | A cascading arrangement of evergreen branches and fresh and dried flowers looks perfect above a fireplace , but make sure it 's kept away from the fire |
| 30 | They 've nae room for it , here at Kelvingrove , so it 's kept all over the west of Scotland hidden away . ’ |