Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [conj] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That storm still looks as if it 's building up to me , ’ said Jimmy . |
| 2 | This , this train looks as if it 's sticking its tongue out . |
| 3 | Train looks as if it 's sticking its |
| 4 | Graham says that if the set-up is a success — and it certainly looks as if it 's going to be — he may take on more charity tanks in the future . |
| 5 | But these days , if it looks as if it 's going to be nasty , I take the easy way out . |
| 6 | ‘ My face looks as if it 's going to drop off a fruit tree , ’ he said at himself . |
| 7 | So it looks as if it 's going off to infinity or something , but |
| 8 | ‘ It looks as if it 's going to rain . |
| 9 | There 's actually a very different difficult problem with sexual harassment , which is that erm there are occasions when it looks as if it 's going to be difficult for a college not to go ahead , even when the victim has withdrawn her or his complaint . |
| 10 | It looks as if it 's reeling on to that spool . |
| 11 | It looks as if it 's recording , but every time I press Play … |
| 12 | This is a unhelpful because it 's winding that way yet it looks as if it 's winding that way , does n't it ? |
| 13 | The Ottawa , Ontario company looks as if it is beginning to falter by reporting second quarter losses of $1.1m on turnover down by 2% at $30m . |
| 14 | Attach the arm inside the sarcophagus so that it looks as if it is coming out of the base , and bend it up slightly so that it looks as if it is pushing up the lid . |
| 15 | Place the foot at the base of the door , and attach the arm so that it looks as if it is holding the door open slightly . |
| 16 | Attach the arm inside the sarcophagus so that it looks as if it is coming out of the base , and bend it up slightly so that it looks as if it is pushing up the lid . |
| 17 | It costs £100000 a minute to produce top quality graphics , on a computer system costing £10 million , so the people paying do not want something that looks as if it was shot with a camera for a few thousand pounds . |
| 18 | The room looks as if it was hit by a howitzer . |
| 19 | At the very least , the exhibition provides food for thought : as the 21st century nears , do we really want architecture that looks as if it was built in the 18th ? |
| 20 | This kitchen extension is an excellent example of how it should be done : it looks as if it was built at the same time as the rest of the house |
| 21 | This is the reason for the internal head-band in helmets which looks as if it was put in in order to provide ventilation . |
| 22 | Looks as if it was designed in a multi-million pound research and development department ? |
| 23 | A mountain that looks as if it was designed by the ancient Egyptians , instead of by God , and his advisers ! |
| 24 | The only let-downs are cabin styling which looks as if it was lifted directly from the Corolla and an overall lack of identity . |
| 25 | It acts as if it is looking after all our interests in ways too subtle and refined for us to understand . |
| 26 | His voice sounds as if it is attempting to name the floors as he passes them . |
| 27 | But it sounds as if it 's paid off . |
| 28 | Yes please , is the helicopter sounds as if it 's going to the hospital , oh yes , look there it is , ever so close , can you see it Tim ? |
| 29 | The tune sounds as if it was dictated to Rose Fox by a three-year-old child . |
| 30 | The American film-maker Maya Deren says somewhere that ‘ response should always precede analysis ’ , a remark which sounds as if it was made as an artist 's challenge to academic dryness and formalism . |