Example sentences of "it [be] [v-ing] on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who could it be calling on him at this time of night ? |
| 2 | ‘ It 's getting on me nerves , whimpering like that . |
| 3 | He 's … he 's so possessive of her , always has been , but it 's got worse of late , and … and of course it 's getting on her nerves . ’ |
| 4 | It 's getting on my nerves . ’ |
| 5 | you 're talking as much a about y it 's reflecting on you as the line manager , how much are you communicating with this |
| 6 | I mean but see the tremendous strain that it 's putting on me ? |
| 7 | You can only you can only s you can only see light A if you A if there 's something if if you 've got an organ to see it with and B if it 's shining on something . |
| 8 | Just to make sure that erm just to make sure that we do n't think it 's just spinning wherever it feels like spinning , it 's spinning on its axis is n't it . |
| 9 | It even allowed them to forge a media-induced ‘ rivalry ’ with the abysmal , donkey-dancing Take That ! , which brings us back to pop muzak and why it 's dying on its arse . |
| 10 | Can we turn that light off cos it 's glaring on my book . |
| 11 | Toby Reader , 18 , trainee engineer ( above ) with Anita Lawson , 18 , student : ‘ At first I did n't like this , ’ said Toby , ‘ but it 's growing on me . ’ |
| 12 | IT 'S growing on me , I confess . |
| 13 | Whether it 's going on what 's available or |
| 14 | It 's going on it |
| 15 | It 's going on me chair . |
| 16 | And like , in the di in the disabled bathroom the , the er , it 's not on a proper pedestal , so it 's sitting on it |
| 17 | That one , that 's the big toe , is where the foot actually is twisted outwards this one is where the foot is curved under , and that I 've put in red because it 's the most common sort , very common , that is where the foot is forced up and that one is where it looks as though it 's standing on its toes . |
| 18 | Here , in the gymnasia and exercise studios , they are now worrying not so much about the effects of heavy-duty exercise on their bodily contours , but with the havoc it is wreaking on their faces . |
| 19 | Place your right hand behind your back so that it is resting on your left hip . |
| 20 | The European Convention on Human Rights has not been made part of our law by statute , so it does not in itself create rights enforceable in our courts ; but having been ratified by this country it is binding on us as a matter of international law . |
| 21 | However , the new versions do not support the de facto OSF/Motif graphical user interface standard — though the Sun version does support OpenLook — and Motif support may not even feature by the time the RS/6000 version is delivered , though ICL says it is working on it . |
| 22 | The central character , Fonda 's part , is a writer of television commercials who can not stand the pressure of the effect it is having on his wife Sally ( played by Susan Strasberg ) and their marriage . |
| 23 | It is thriving on its capabilities . ’ |
| 24 | If you can accept the interpretative stance ( and it is growing on me ) , I simply ca n't imagine it being better realised than here . |
| 25 | The solution to the enigma lies in the fact that the bird 's ‘ knee ’ is not a knee but more akin to an ankle ; it is walking on its toes rather as a cat walks on its hind feet . |
| 26 | Her body was drenched with sweat ; it was glistening on her legs and she felt moisture beneath her on the seat . |
| 27 | I think she well and the house was certainly getting on her nerves but whether it was because she was ill it was getting on her nerves I do n't know . |
| 28 | It was getting on everyone 's nerves out there . |
| 29 | ‘ It was getting on my nerves . ’ |
| 30 | It was building on its strengths in aeronautical engineering and other areas , and had developed one of the country 's first degree courses in computer science . |