Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The simplicity , though , is deceiving because it tells you little about the developmental performance leading to the strongly and reliably determined patterns of differentiation and spatial organisation of the animal . |
| 32 | I think it 's deceiving because it 's got such high ceilings |
| 33 | Turning points in relationships , too , are often mapped out in this way — a quarrel , a meeting , a reconciliation may mark the moment of ‘ conception ’ ; one knows that a new phase is beginning but it does not become openly apparent until this nine-month span has past . |
| 34 | ‘ Ashley 's hotel is in a different part of town from where everyone else is staying and it seemed unfair to expect them to take a detour , ’ his mother explained . |
| 35 | I become aware when parts of my body become tense and , more importantly , I know now how to ‘ relax ’ them , and when my body is saying that it has had enough I am able to leave things till tomorrow instead of insisting that they have to be done today . |
| 36 | What we will be doing is saying that it has to be clearly stated so that customers can see before they enter into the transaction and then we expect competitive forces in the market to make sure that the charges do n't get unrealistic . |
| 37 | No , what we would be doing is saying that it has to be clearly stated so that the customers can see before they enter into the transaction , and then we expect competitive forces in the market to make sure that the charges do n't get unrealistic . |
| 38 | Erm I just wonder whether it might not have been better to move round a little bit to the left so we could have seen the lady 's hand and sa as well er er and as well as her face , you know , we 've got ta get we can see what she 's doing , know what she 's doing but it 'd been nice if you could have included her hands . |
| 39 | I ca n't make any sense of what he 's saying because it seems to me that erm our common and everyday and perhaps very deficient notion of individuation is , what makes me different from the rest of you ? |
| 40 | This is the question the St John Ambulance brigade is asking as it launches its Breath of Life campaign . |
| 41 | The reduction in the intensity of the stimuli associated with the drive is as reinforcing as the actual reduction of the drive itself : thus food in the mouth does not reduce hunger , but it is reinforcing as it reduces the drive stimulus or craving for food . |
| 42 | Strictly speaking , much of this walk is trespassing since it does n't follow recognised footpaths , but the land is rough grazing and wo n't suffer from the passage of a few feet . |
| 43 | The government , they say , is bluffing when it claims that TECs are intended to tackle Britain 's persistent skills shortage . |
| 44 | It is striking that it does not mention a battle . |
| 45 | Potential meaning is meaning as it resides in the speaker 's unconscious even when he is not speaking . |
| 46 | He reckons the trip would have been smashing if it had been the height of summer but as it was , he saw practically nothing from start to finish . |
| 47 | Though her heart was thumping as it had then , no one but herself would ever know it . |
| 48 | I was drowning and it did n't hurt . |
| 49 | The debate was revealing because it exposed the core of racism and bigotry beneath the liberal rhetoric of Canada 's much vaunted multiculturalism . |
| 50 | It was emptying but it 's started filling up again . |
| 51 | ‘ Who was driving when it went past the pub ? ’ |
| 52 | It is also , more generally , the essence of what the Barclay Report ( 1982 ) was seeking when it characterized social care planning as one of the core roles in which community social workers should be engaged . |
| 53 | It 's circulation was peaking as it reached its fiftieth edition . |
| 54 | The belly button was protruding and it looked ready to burst . |
| 55 | The transmission was short , but he was sweating when it ceased . |
| 56 | He says the state of the damage shows how fast the car was going when it crashed . |
| 57 | It 's lying in the same direction as it was flying when it came down — north-east to south-west . |
| 58 | Colchester North MP , Bernard Jenkin , was speaking as it emerged that the Danes had approved the Maastricht Treaty in a referendum by 56.8 per cent to 43.2 pc . |
| 59 | Linda was holding and it blew . |
| 60 | I did n't realize what I was saying but it proved to be true . |