Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] it [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The form it 's taking is not extremely reactionary , I would n't want to say that , but it does seem to me that it 's shifting away from progressive forms of narrative resolution that were available a few years ago . |
| 2 | A niece of mine living in tells me that it 's picking up slightly , the property market . |
| 3 | I think my relationship is a fairly normal one , but I do find myself bending over backwards not to erm use any of the sort of additional knowledge I have of education , and if there are things going on that perhaps I think that there might be better ways of doing it , then I bend over backwards not to give that kind of impression or to suggest it at all , because it seems to me that it 's going to make the relationship with the school or with the teachers erm a rather awkward one , and I do n't think it will good for my children . |
| 4 | It seemed to me that it was wanting in every detail , but the objective facts are that I was five feet two and a half , weighed eight stone five , and had my fair share of acne . |
| 5 | Over the last year he had worked hard to create an image for himself and it was paying off . |
| 6 | but a when when somebody when it 's becoming apparent that somebody is I would n't say is not interested in your little complaint that you 've got and that that they 're they 're trying to change to subject it 's difficult to keep them on it |
| 7 | When I 'm on tour I normally write little ideas down in my diary and hang on to them until it 's writing time . |
| 8 | I knew Marcus needed me and it was breaking my heart . |
| 9 | John , who fronts new band Undercover — at No. 17 with a re-make of pop classic Baker Street — says : ‘ She 'd have warned me if it was going to flop . ’ |
| 10 | She had gone away to escape Lowell , but the cottage was part of both of them and it was demanding her presence . |
| 11 | It 's organisers say it 's for everyone and it 's receiving public funding . |
| 12 | While working the FAXgrabber icon appears at the bottom of the screen and little bracket symbols move from side to side underneath it to tell you that it is operating . |
| 13 | A flashing heart tells you that it 's working and the numerals show your pulse rate in beats per minute ( bpm ) . |
| 14 | By their definition they had achieved three important end results : ( 1 ) the patient is allowed to define the nature of his feelings , ( 2 ) the doctor is relieved of the responsibility of finding tissue damage , ( 3 ) there is no conceivable way in which a baby or an animal could tell you that it was having an ‘ unpleasant sensory and emotional experience ’ . |
| 15 | There is much more action by the train itself while it is singing and ‘ screaming ’ and as it ‘ bolts ’ and plunges and also within the lines which describe the movement . |
| 16 | He 's an ungrateful bastard at the best of times but biting the hand that feeds you while it 's feeding you is a bit out of order . |
| 17 | The working party on the theology of marriage is finding its task stimulating but arduous and it will surprise no one that it 's taking a long time . |
| 18 | But do n't forget this this is a very important time with the all the increase coming in they 've got a helluva lot to take on , not just learning the company but they got the new routes and everything and it 's going to leave I would 've thought very short in an exceptionally busy period |
| 19 | And they said , just said in the end again there was er an article or something and it was saying that you know that er did did you eventually get the money ? |
| 20 | They are becoming a lot more common , yes when you look in the report and accounts there are far , far more of these deferred pensioners there than er than ever used to exist and it 's something which I must admit we have n't given a lot of thought to yet , but it 's something because it 's growing that we will have to address erm in our federation , we will have to address that problem . |
| 21 | If we analyse the relation between the event of " passively experiencing " denoted by have and that of saying or happening denoted by the infinitive , it becomes obvious immediately that the two must be conceived as occurring in the same stretch of time : one can only experience something while it is happening . |
| 22 | This was a good idea of Johnny 's which they did , which did before was this corridor , these lights up here that one when it 's re-doing , but there 's one , two , three , four , five , six and they framed a large advertising poster . |
| 23 | She blames me because it 's taking so long . |
| 24 | Poor Maxine had such a low opinion of herself that it was going to be necessary to build up her confidence in general , so that she would then be able to play a part in her own treatment . |
| 25 | ‘ You see , I want to make love to you and be able to tell you I love you and hear you say you love me while it 's happening . ’ |
| 26 | As John Netherwood , who was in charge of publicity and sponsorship in 1964 , said : ‘ To get sponsors you have to tell everybody that it is going to be the biggest event that ever was , otherwise they wo n't put their money in . ’ |
| 27 | And I said , would you clear that with him then and tell him that it 's coming ? |
| 28 | Only now had it occurred to him that it was moving along quite different channels . |
| 29 | It did not occur to him that it was following the track of a mole , in the hope of killing it with a blow of its beak and then pulling it out of its shallow run . |
| 30 | ‘ I sha n't look for her if it 's going to hurt you , I promise . ’ |