Example sentences of "it 's [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | It 's hanging on by a thread |
2 | It 's getting back to a sensible level again , and the music — especially the British music — is really pushing forward . ’ |
3 | His leg looks like it 's broke — it 's sticking out at a funny angle . |
4 | You 've got an S O four with two bonds on it and it 's holding on to a hydrogen |
5 | Once it 's locked up inside a glass case , surely it 's safe ; no one can expect me to do anything about it then . |
6 | Now it 's blown up into a dispute between the two , with each side blaming the other for the lack of progress . |
7 | It 's teamed up with a charity to start a purpose-built home for sufferers . |
8 | Erm , and then I just thought I 'd finally conclude a bright , cos I think it , it 's like how I see myself at work , erm with showing you where our work comes from erm and basically you 've got all these arrows coming in and er sometimes you do have a sense of feeling quite bombarded with requests for work , but the main , I mean the main formal source of our work is the local government sub committee , which is erm , like Mary was referring to earlier , every department or unit in our in the Council have to formally report and get it 's work through by a Council committee , our committee is the local government sub committee and it formally sets our work programme once a year , and I our priorities , it also comes up with other things it would like us to do by the way , during the course of the year , so erm , that includes Mary as well . . |
9 | There simply has n't been time for the body to clear the first lot before it 's topped up with a second dose of alcohol . |
10 | It 's coming up in a great lump . |
11 | No you you do n't have to rub out the line you can just draw another one as if it 's coming out from a bit you ca n't see . |
12 | That 's because it 's going round in a circle — like the Shuttle , and me on my space walk . |
13 | It 's a shame it 's going on under a microscope , spotlight or whatever but erm . |
14 | But a personal reassurance from me will not be acceptable unless it 's backed up by a member of the Swift family . ’ |
15 | It 's beleived up to a dozen men and women are employed on his estate and today despite the news , the work went on . |