Example sentences of "but it 's [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not going to stop dressing the way I want to just because they do n't like it , but it 's discouraging . |
| 2 | ‘ They have always said they will care for Jennifer completely , and until now they 've only allowed me to stand in for them , but it 's taking its toll . |
| 3 | Oxford University is n't renowned for moving with the times , but it 's taking this equal opportunities business really rather seriously . |
| 4 | We keep we keep going on for longer and longer but it 's taking a lot longer for us to get any closer . |
| 5 | It 's baloney , of course , but it 's getting them a high degree of visibility . |
| 6 | But it 's getting easier for me to blend it all now ; I certainly do n't get as stuck as I did four or five months ago . ’ |
| 7 | Boozy Dennett — who earns £600 a week with his dummy Chick — added : ‘ I have been for a walk to have a think and went back , but it 's getting worse . ’ |
| 8 | Auntie Lou knew we might stay to tea but it 's getting late now and she 'll start to worry . ’ |
| 9 | But it 's getting now there 's there 's no way they 're gon na take you . |
| 10 | The body is shutting down out of habit , but it 's getting all these confusing messages about how it 's got to stay awake . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm waiting as patiently as I can but it 's getting a pain now . |
| 12 | But it 's getting it 's getting the image it 's getting |
| 13 | But it 's getting too close for comfort . |
| 14 | ‘ All the attention Shane has been receiving from the media is very flattering , but it 's getting a bit out of control with phone calls at 5.00am , ’ said coach Bob Simpson . |
| 15 | ‘ My family has always helped me out , but it 's getting hard , especially as I have to give up work for four months . ’ |
| 16 | They 're not very happy , they ai n't been happy for a while , but it 's getting worse , wh is , what is them now is , you know I say things to Colin , and Co I mean , Colin 'll tell me like , you know , you know , over there , and er , he 's latest thing is , they built this little office . |
| 17 | But it 's getting a bit carried away , I mean , he was talking to Nigel about er doing er the Levellers in er |
| 18 | But surely it it 's happened that it 's getting er and and I touch wood I do n't know how superstitious you are but it 's getting better and better and better for you each time because when you came here ooh some years ago since you first came into this studio er you were pretty popular then but it seems to increase all the time does n't it ? |
| 19 | And then Super Soccer 's quite good , but it 's getting you get a bit bored of it |
| 20 | I mean if you go down Cornmarket in a normal summer , you can hardly hear anything but erm American voices , so it just shows that there is a vast potential there , but it 's getting them here . |
| 21 | You do that all the time but it 's remembering to actually |
| 22 | I can still climb but it 's destroying itself . ’ |
| 23 | Because it was before just before we moved the offices but it 's kicking around somewhere in an envelope with my name on the front of it but where I would n't know . |
| 24 | But there are occasions when we 've had to rip and tip but it 's causing a problem |
| 25 | But it 's moving towards that end , where , do it or else . |
| 26 | But it 's looking close , is n't it ? ’ |
| 27 | Only time will tell , but it 's looking good — watch this space for further details ! |
| 28 | ‘ As far as the title is concerned , the boys think we can still get up there , but it 's looking difficult . |
| 29 | Well if you do worksheet status , actually the screen is a little bit different from two point four , but it 's looking similar like this . |
| 30 | Essentially the four areas are computational modelling , what contribution a do n't write these down because they 're not the same as the ones on the board , but it 's looking at the role of computational modelling in perception , although you could start off with a broader definition of it within cognitive psychology . |