Example sentences of "[v-ing] and it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem there I would suggest is the timescale between the things happening and it getting to the regulator and being digested . |
| 2 | I would suggest is the timescale between these things happening and it getting to the regulator and being digested . |
| 3 | I 've learnt a lot , my job depends on me driving and it 's made me realise how much I can drink , how much I ca n't drink , what I can drink and realising about road accidents . |
| 4 | The kite just kept snapping and flapping and flapping and snapping and it hauled the girl off the earth and into the air , winch and all . |
| 5 | The belly button was protruding and it looked ready to burst . |
| 6 | I think its because erm I do n't , I 'm not happy with mine because it it shows signs of ageing and it reminds me that I 'm getting older and I do n't like that |
| 7 | For example , in Malone v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner it was held that since there was no law against telephone tapping and it did not amount to any common law wrong , it was not unlawful for the police to engage in it . |
| 8 | ‘ I expect it 's because I 'm writing and it takes longer , ’ Maggie confessed with a shrug . |
| 9 | He did n't want to exacerbate what he saw as an existing weakness of his own in that respect , and although he was not censorious of other people , I think he was genuinely quite frightened of it , and at one point in the Arts Lab , when there was quite a lot of speed pills , amphetamines , going around amongst the young people there , he did speak out very strongly one evening against it , saying that he personally did not want anything like that around anything he was closely involved with because he felt that it was not a good thing for people to be speeding and it created the sort of vibes that might end up causing problems . |
| 10 | Erm and so I , I believe that er the resolution in fact on the order paper will stand er and if we were to remove the first two lines er of Mr 's erm resolution that the County Council he represents if necessary that in a full , a full public enquiry into the fifth terminial at Heathrow , if we get that and graft on the rest of his words er to the resolution er on the Chairman er that will do two things er it reads er the quality of our Officers are suggesting and it picks up again a very important comments er that he makes er regarding post , er , er something that is public erm , er and that it , it meets media and the other improve that 's something for the district office report . |
| 11 | You hear Zerlina singing and it sounds as though her voice is coming not out of her mouth but out of a tree on the other side of the set . |
| 12 | I was drowning and it did n't hurt . |
| 13 | ‘ My father saw me going and it frightened me . |
| 14 | said once I said and I , when she 's been going and it 's been cold out there I said to her cos she always comes on a Tuesday dinner time |
| 15 | He had never before been accused of stealing and it did not sit well with him . |
| 16 | Linda was holding and it blew . |
| 17 | Right , one thing that you need when somebody speaks is inverted commas okay or speech marks , name , if you read it out aloud name ask the doctor , the inverted commas come here because name is somebody speaking and it tells you that somebody is speaking here , it says asks okay say asked . |
| 18 | Eubank uses them to develop his power punching and it hurts , my wrists are permanently swollen , ’ says Davies . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | And it keep saying and it keeps saying there 's a what erm slabs of concrete to be defined . |
| 21 | Look at the floor put a picture in your mind of what they 're saying and it seems sort of . |
| 22 | She turned away , leaving Peggy standing stiff and cold , although the sun was shining and it had been in the seventies all day . |
| 23 | By February 1969 , Hello , Dolly ! was ready for screening , but the Broadway production was still running and it looked as if it might be more than two years before the film could be shown . |
| 24 | But if I can leave it running and it runs out it will suit me down to the ground . |
| 25 | ‘ So I was upset I said I did n't want to , I was crying and it made him madder . ’ |
| 26 | It was half-blind and its fur was staring and it expected nothing and desired nothing save the crust by the table leg on which its half-gaze was fixed . |
| 27 | He had found himself begging and it made him feel undignified . |
| 28 | They went begging and it needed an excellent save from goalkeeper Roberts to deny Saunders again in the 76th minute . |
| 29 | Each was required in turn to break off and tell us the advertisements were coming and it did prove hard , such was the intensity of the exchange , to sustain the intellectual commitment over commercial claims for Whiskas and options . |
| 30 | Once it becomes an end in itself then it becomes worth doing and it becomes a profession in itself just as being a dancer is a profession . |