Example sentences of "a [noun sg] it [is] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of people having to read up the words in a dictionary it 's gon na be a sound dictionary . |
| 2 | If it 's jewellery it 's harder , it will show up , erm if you 're marking things like engagements rings , then the best thing to do is actually take photographs of them with a ruler or some sort of erm comparison of the size of the item cos if you do like a a ring on a photograph it 's gon na , it 's gon na come out like a , so if you got a ruler to say , you know , it 's only sort of one and a half inches in width or whatever , then we can actually get a clear picture of , of that . |
| 3 | Alpha Microsystems has written off its Italian and French subsidiaries and will be closing them soon , citing poor margins and continuous losses : as a result it 's taking a non-recurring charge in the second quarter , ended August 30 , and posting net losses of $3m , or 99 cents a share , on sales of $12.9m , up 9% . |
| 4 | a life-form it 's growing it 's spreading . |
| 5 | It 's a shame it 's going on under a microscope , spotlight or whatever but erm . |
| 6 | No for a while it 's flashing the orange . |
| 7 | So I said if it 's only for a mile it 's going to be well less than a minute at eighty , presuming you were doing more than thereabouts and er that was it . |
| 8 | But the , the reason why that 's true maybe , might n't it , that if you look at it from the child 's point of view , the crying is a , is a signal it 's sending to its parent . |
| 9 | If it does turn out he 's personally involved I 've got a feeling it 's going to be difficult as hell trying to prove it . ’ |
| 10 | I have a feeling it 's coming from the same source . |
| 11 | The Left would like a civilian , but if there is a candidate it is keeping him under wraps . |
| 12 | As a shade it 's draining . |
| 13 | Maria Barrett Elle ( Warner original ) A glitzy first novel about a power struggle , and I have a hunch it is going to work . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ It 's nice to have a record of 33 wins in 33 fights , but in a way it is becoming tedious and I 'm tired of winning all the time . |
| 15 | Unsurprising , perhaps , but in a country that for 40 years has acted like a poodle it is striking to find a Japanese suggesting that it now has the strength of a rottweiler . |