Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , the mind must be in readiness for new ways of seeing so that it is already poised for the marvellous and even the illogical . |
| 2 | The most common is the all-too-familiar cystitis — the bladder could be inflamed and JoJo may think it needs emptying even when it is only partly full , with the result that she could be effectively ‘ caught short ’ . |
| 3 | Remembering always that it is far better to announce that you are the ‘ Co-operative Funeral Service ’ to a person who may seek information regarding a memorial , than to announce that you are the ‘ Co-operative Memorial Service ’ to a person who requires information regarding funeral arrangements . |
| 4 | Apart from pure nostalgia , perhaps this is because in the ‘ old days ’ it was fairly easy to look at a faulty circuit , identify components used for specific functions , replace them and get the set going again whether it was commercially or home-made . |
| 5 | In my opinion the qualities mentioned are sadly lacking today and it is very refreshing to meet somebody like John who is so conscientious . |
| 6 | Detecting 10 pg of anything is taxing , and doing so when it is effectively ‘ contaminated ’ with a million-fold excess of somewhat similar DNA fragments is even harder . |
| 7 | The City Airport is doing better but it 's still not doing that well , there is a market for an airfield that would serve executive and freight business for North London and of course Hertfordshire , that airfield is needed . |
| 8 | Stir in the rice and cook , stirring constantly until it is completely reheated , about 2–3 minutes . |
| 9 | And there 's no wonder it 's blowing away cos it 's just lighter than air . |
| 10 | I used to hate coming home when it was almost dark , with ice-cold fingers and toes , feeling miserable because Bessie , the nursemaid , was always scolding me . |
| 11 | And in the winter time we used to love to linger in the bakehouse coming home cos it was so warm . |
| 12 | You 'll have to have a look on the way down and then pass the buds they should be coming now cos it 's nearly spring well it is spring really . |
| 13 | The important characteristic of an evolutionarily stable strategy , you will remember from earlier chapters , is that it carries on doing well when it is already numerous in the population of strategies . |
| 14 | Yes , well Eyre there stands as a sort of a paradigmatic modern philosopher , and when I was saying earlier that it was just a logical construction to help you to talk about particular things , and I think Eyre would go along with that . |
| 15 | And when I was saying earlier that it was just a logical construction to help you to talk about particular things , and I think Ayer would go along with that . |
| 16 | He had n't been drinking regularly and it 's probably |
| 17 | Varieties can develop behavioural ‘ isolating mechanisms ’ , such as differences in courtship , which prevent interbreeding even when it is genetically possible — but a brief period of physical isolation is needed to allow the populations to develop the differences that will prevent them blending back together again if they come into contact . |
| 18 | The snow was falling steadily and it was bitterly cold as I covered my bagpipes and rubbed my almost frozen fingers in an attempt to keep the circulation going . |
| 19 | This had reportedly been watered down after Russia threatened to veto a proposal to suspend the FRY from all UN bodies , demanding instead that it be merely excluded from the General Assembly . |
| 20 | Er I think it 's just worth mentioning again that it 's still on and er I , I think er it is really more important than ever now for us to impress on Chris what good work we do because er of the changing situation within the industry . |