Example sentences of "[v-ing] and it [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I had learnt shorthand and typing at school but erm the money was necessary at home you see , and er with my sister working there , at H and T Hornes , er she spoke for me and er I had an interview and and they put me up in the nursery , we used to call it the nursery see because we were all fourteens up there and er then they called it the cylinder shop and er my foreman was a fella name Archie and erm everything was very very strict indeed , we could not move away from our board you could n't speak to the next one that was working by you , and er there was a fella named Mr and he was he , I did n't work for him I worked for Mr , but some you cou you were afraid to move because of this man and he he he 'd stare at you and he 'd look at you and anyway erm they put me assembling and it was very interesting indeed , there was a tall stand on , we called it the bench , a tall stand with a screw on the top and then to as begin to assemble the locks you had to take what we would call the body , screw it into the er little on the stand and then we had tweezers , there were , in the body there were five springs and then you had to have five breast pins and when you got the springs in you .. we have to have a plug at the back so as we could put each pin and push the plug over that a dummy plug we called it and so that was five pins were in and then there was a ball er when that , when we came to put it in our vice , we had to put the V I C E not V O voice . |
| 2 | Something was happening and it was so pleasurable she did n't want it to fade . |
| 3 | It is very important to keep on happy and good terms with the family that are living and it is extremely sad when the death of a parent who loved all the children should be an unwitting source of family rifts . |
| 4 | A blackbird was singing and it was very quiet and peaceful in the Park . |
| 5 | The sexual revolution was beginning and it was very exciting to get away from home and enjoy yourself in a relatively guilt-free way . ’ |
| 6 | The clouds had thinned , the sun was shining and it was almost warm enough to create the illusion of summer . |
| 7 | I know , look crying and it 's still sore today . |
| 8 | and erm but the plane , the er boat was slow in coming and it was so hard to get a ship back then |
| 9 | Come on … now … before they finishes their arguing and it 's too late ! ’ |
| 10 | So I played on this really , really heavy cut by Michael Bolton — it was really rockin' and it was really cool . |