Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter : Yes he has indeed he delivered , he did away with the autocue , he leaned forward , he did n't want a barrier between himself and his adoring party faithful they were adoring it was rather like the last night at the Prom , I can tell you . |
| 2 | The FT-SE failed to hold its gains yesterday but shortly after opening it was only six points away from last September 's previous record closing level . |
| 3 | WHEN Susan Allen decided she had had enough of life at the age of 25 her method of ending it was all too easy . |
| 4 | Diffusing knowledge and acquiring it are as much an art as a science , processes influenced by variables which can not be measured as much as by those which can . |
| 5 | Similarly for ‘ punchball ’ , the predominant way of signing it was threefold : shape ( ball on a stick ) , movement ( springs to and fro on a pivot ) and how a person interacts with it ( hands punching alternately ) ; these three are salient features . |
| 6 | a car seat a week ago , it was an absolute , I could not stop laughing it was so funny ! |
| 7 | No they 're not the realities , because what we 're saying is that we have to modernize the policies of the Labour Party , but the policies are absolutely based in our traditional concerns , I mean , let me give you an example , when Beveridge was talking about unemployment , and the life long need for people to work , he was talking about a male workforce , where it was a man supported by a non-working wife , now we still have at the absolute heart of our concerns in the Labour Party peoples need to work , but we 're now talking about a situation , where women are sharing with their husbands the role of bed breadwinner , and in many families the woman is the sole breadwinner , and therefore our policies about employment and the economy recognize that the world has changed , our principles are the same , but the world to which we 're applying it is very different , and , again , on that you see there would be no distinction between the so-called traditionalists and the so-called modernizers . |
| 8 | And then today when I was passing it was just munching away in the corner , you know . |
| 9 | When a therapist becomes aware that such a situation is developing it is most important that he discusses this with the patient and sets very clear limits on the relationship . |
| 10 | Then , since there is no believing without some doubting and since believing is all the stronger for understanding and resolving doubt , we can say as Christians that if we doubt in believing it is also true that we believe in doubting . |
| 11 | Indeed , many executives harbor misconceptions , believing it is merely a matter of adding extra engineering and design personnel or introducing the latest computer-aided design ( CAD ) technology . |
| 12 | Arguments over the validity of the notice and justification of the motives of the partners serving it are better left to an appropriate tribunal ( judge , arbitrator or mediator ) than carried on in acrimonious correspondence . |
| 13 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 14 | After a period of activity and shouting it is surprisingly easy to introduce a game like ‘ dead lions ’ ( p.39 ) and have all the children being as quiet as they can be . |
| 15 | But to cover up anywhere a bit ugly , bare looking it 's very handy . |
| 16 | In its undigested state , this voluminous competitor information , 90 per cent of which is publicly available , may be vaguely interesting and occasionally intriguing , but however glittering it is essentially an unusable and potentially dangerous resource . |
| 17 | Not only is wealth difficult to measure , defining it is also problematic . |
| 18 | At the April 8 meeting it was also agreed that France , the UK and Belgium ( currently a non-permanent UN Security Council member ) would press for the UN to establish a register of all arms sales . |
| 19 | At the Honolulu meeting it was also reported that the South Korean and US officials had agreed to make greater efforts to negotiate a peace treaty with the North . |
| 20 | I find that when women start smoking it 's normally in bike sheds , behind the back of the school , it 's a communal thing . |
| 21 | Instead , the trustees of the will have sold the building , because the cost of coverting it was too high . |
| 22 | At the time of writing it is too early to determine whether the IEBPC 's Frankfurt seminars , presentations and cocktail parties will lead to a significant international force stimulating a vigorous wave of Data Discman publishing . |
| 23 | Furthermore , at the time of writing it was still the " healthy " Meistersinger that in fact came first in his esteem . |
| 24 | To admit to liking it was definitely an even bigger one . |
| 25 | m , well as I say , once I 'm going it 's just getting going |
| 26 | Yet , by the time Sunday racing becomes a reality , the Jockey Club , though by no means a thing of the past , will undoubtedly be different from the unchallenged ruler of British racing it is today . |
| 27 | ‘ Though the market is growing it is also becoming more competitive . |
| 28 | She snuggled back down under the covers , deciding it was too early to get up yet . |
| 29 | However , describing it is as far as the organisation has got for the moment , though OSF says members are screaming for a bridge that spans all GUI environments . |
| 30 | Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real , when in fact all of Los Angeles and the America surrounding it are no longer real , but of the order of the hyperreal and of simulation " . |