Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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31 What we 're actually doing is checking the firing pin is n't broken and looking down the barrel to make sure it 's not blocked and is properly oiled .
32 It 's not moving but when it 's papers and pencils and stuff like that
33 we do n't really need to go any further because we 've found it 's not balanced but we just for completeness , how many Cs on this side ?
34 No it 's not sit and watch somebody else do it it wo n't hurt her
35 It 's a living system , it 's designed to help you , if it 's not supporting and helping you then it must be changed .
36 It 's absolutely ludicrous that it 's not advertised and that no one does anything about it .
37 Well you , it 's not corroded or anything is it ?
38 It 's not felt that your private life in terms of your political opinions will necessarily impinge on your public life , and , and to deprive somebody of the right to express their opinions in public would be regarded as an infringement of his civil liberties , which would be unthinkable in a republican erm situation .
39 Tap tap tap all bloody day long , when it 's not singing or falling off its perch .
40 ‘ I think you 'll find it 's not hate that makes you react as you do , Shannon .
41 If the weather 's all right and it 's not raining or nothing , I usually go to the garden to help Mr Frost .
42 it 's stopped raining and it 's not raining or anything .
43 It 's not to say that we are against capital projects , we are not .
44 It 's not to say that the positive news it does n't work if in fact it is of interest to people , and it strikes them as , as such , and there are all sorts of subterfuges incidentally ranging from using facts and statistics and which relate to people , to even actually using individual stories .
45 It 's not forfeited if you do n't claim it .
46 Well they spell it it 's not spelt as i if you , if you were talking it really , you 'd probably , you 'd probably
47 You go down there on your hands and knees and you report it 's not meet and then you
48 Mind you , it 's not sunbathing or badminton I have in mind but planting — what more satisfying thing is there to do in the garden than to plant bulbs , or a tree or shrub to give you joy for years to come .
49 He does n't usually do that ; at least , it 's not known that he does .
50 It 's not known if Nixon or Reagan ever read this passage .
51 It 's not known if the patrol which spotted the stolen car was part of this operation .
52 It 's not known if the weapon he uses is real , but he could be dangerous .
53 It 's not known if he 'll return to the school .
54 It 's not known if more funds will be made abvailable to send young criminals to places like Earlswood , or wether local authorities will still be expected to pay the bill .
55 It 's not known when the public flogging will be carried out .
56 Yes but it 's not It 's not hurting but it 's disturbing you know ?
57 But they also say in the alternative that that since the plaintiffs themselves were at this time by mid to late October of nineteen eighty five , not ready or able to complete it would have been improper erm for the defendant to advise the plaintiffs to serve a special notice to complete and my Lord the question that therefore arises er whether , even if that were correct , er and it 's not admitted that it is , that exonerates the defendants from given the advice er and whether they should still have advised the plaintiff erm of the opportunity which was open to him , that the plaintiff could if necessary take that course himself or be advised to go er elsewhere and be advised independently is er this is , this the point of the matter which he regarded as improper and was not willing to do it on the plaintiff 's behalf .
58 Unfortunately it 's not numbered because it was a late item .
59 I think at the outset I need to erm clarify Hambledon 's position , erm Hambledon 's position is that it objects erm to the new settlement on the basis that it 's not needed and can not be justified , and I would n't wish erm for the er Council 's position to be interpreted as anything less than that .
60 Or if they do evaluate then it 's to say it 's not working but it 's not our fault , there could n't possibly be anything wrong with our thinking on this subject or this issue .
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